Cardamom Snickerdoodle Cookies

Get ready to elevate your Snickerdoodle experience! We have taken the classic you love and infused it with a twist of exotic cardamom. Imagine sinking your teeth into a warm, chewy snickerdoodle, now with a burst of aromatic spice that adds an irresistible new dimension.

This is a snickerdoodle like you have never tasted before—comforting, familiar, yet delightfully unexpected. It has a crisp, spiced sugar coating and an inside that is fabulously chewy. You cannot just have a couple. It is impossible. Or maybe I do not have the willpower to pull away from them.

I discovered cardamom a while ago and fell in love with it. Now, I try to use it at any opportunity that comes along. Its unique flavor will become your new obsession.

I love its crisp, clean flavor. It marries almost all your baking recipes, and here is a great example: it adds depth and warmth to your baked goods.

Combined with cinnamon and sugar, it is a natural combustion of flavors for your palate.

If you like classic snickerdoodles,  you definitely will love this recipe.

But before we go any further…

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What is the meaning of Snickerdoodle?

Snickerdoodle is a cookie made with butter, sugar, and flour rolled in sugar and cinnamon before baking.

The granulated sugar mixture caramelizes, and the cinnamon adds flavor. A truly classic American cookie.

Why should I make these cardamom snickerdoodles?

They are excellent and so good. The best and easiest snickerdoodle recipe you will ever make.

The ground cardamom flavor, mixed with warm spices like cinnamon and cardamom, really enhances the flavor of the sugar coating.

It is one of the easiest cookies I have made and one of the most loved by the little ones. Seeing my son’s eyes light up when those sweet cookies were coming out of the oven brought me so much happiness.

What is cardamom, and how do you use it?

Cardamom is a spice from the seeds of several plants belonging to the ginger family. Each cardamom pod is spindle-shaped and has the most delicious scent imaginable.

Cardamom has been used for centuries both for cooking and as medicine. It is a common ingredient in Middle Eastern and Arabic food. Cardamom has also gained popularity in the Weste West.

Many Indian dishes call for cardamom, including curry, Kheer, and chai.

You will find cardamom in garam masala.

Other benefits of Cardamom

Besides cooking, cardamom is also used as a supplement for its health benefits. Cardamom contains phytochemicals that have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.

Our grocery stores carry cardamom as a whole seed, pre-ground spice powder, essential oil, which is more commonly used.

What is a substitute for Cardamom?

It is not an easy task due to the complexity of the cardamom flavor.

In a pinch, blend warm autumnal spiced to simulate the distinct flavor. Mix equal parts of ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ginger, or cloves.

Baking tips and step-by-step instructions to make that beautiful Cardamom Snickerdoodles

There is nothing to it as this recipe can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.

Eggs must be at room temperature, and the butter must be softened before preparing the cookies.

Sifting the flour will make it so much easier to work with and be clump-free.

I love using parchment paper or a Silpat to line my baking sheet. I am not fond of cleaning butter or burnt cookies.

If none are handy, grease the cookie sheet well with butter.

• Preheat the oven. A hot oven will allow you to perfect baking.
• Mixing all the dry ingredients by adding them all to a sifter and passing them through.
• Beat the butter and the sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer until fluffy.
  Add one egg at a time and make sure it is well beaten.
• Stir in the dry ingredients, scrape the sides of the bowl to blend well.
• Tear away pieces of cookie dough and roll them between the palms of your hands. I use an ice cream scoop to have all the same size, small balls.
• Prepare the coating sugar with the remaining sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom.
• Roll the dough ball in the cinnamon-cardamom mixture a couple of times.
• Space them on the sheet pan and bake them in the hot oven.
• Bake one cookie sheet at a time if you only have one oven.
• Remove the sheet of cookies from the oven, let it cool off and transfer your cookies to a wire rack once they are firm.

Talking about ovens

I have an ancient oven that does not allow me to bake two cookie sheets simultaneously, as one will bake faster than the other.

However, if you have a much younger technology oven in which you can bake two or more cookie sheets and have the perfect result for each cookie, please do so.

Meanwhile, if you are like me and only can bake one cookie sheet at a time, let the cookie sheet cool off between batches, as it may hinder the cooking process. Or have two handy and not be afraid to use them.

Once out of the oven, place your snickerdoodle cookies on a cookie cooling rack and wait a minute before enjoying them.

Storage instructions

Let the cardamom snickerdoodle cookies cool entirely before being stored an airtight glass container.

This delicious Cardamom Snickerdoodle may be stored in an airtight glass container at room temperature for up to three days.

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Originally published on December 21, 2018.