Cardamom Butter Squares Recipe

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Cardamom Butter Squares
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1163
Calories
Total time
330
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make cookies: Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom, cinnamon, and allspice in a bowl.
  2. Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 4 minutes with a handheld. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, then mix in flour mixture until just combined.
  3. Form dough into 2 (12-inch) logs (1 1/2 inches in diameter), each on its own sheet of plastic wrap. Use plastic wrap and your hands to roll, press, and square off sides of logs. Chill logs on a baking sheet until slightly firm, about 1 hour, then smooth logs with plastic wrap and flat side of a ruler to achieve straight sides. Chill logs on baking sheet until firm, about 1 hour.
  4. Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
  5. Cut enough scant 1/4-inch-thick slices from a log with a knife to fill 2 large ungreased baking sheets, arranging slices about 1 inch apart (chill remaining dough, wrapped in plastic wrap).
  6. Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes total. Cool on sheets 3 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Make more cookies with remaining dough on cooled baking sheets.
  7. Ice cookies: Whisk together espresso powder, vanilla, and 1 1/2 tablespoons milk until espresso powder is dissolved, then add confectioners sugar and enough additional milk to make a thick but pourable icing. Spoon into a sealable bag and snip 1/8 inch off a bottom corner.
  8. Spoon melted chocolate into another sealable bag and snip 1/8 inch off a bottom corner.
  9. Pipe some espresso icing and chocolate over each cookie and let cookies stand on racks until icing sets, about 2 hours.
  10. Cooks' notes: · Dough logs can be chilled 5 days or frozen, wrapped in a double layer of plastic wrap, 1 month (thaw in refrigerator just until they can be sliced). · Cookies (with or without icing) keep, layered between sheets of wax paper or parchment, in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1163.1 Kcal (4870 kJ)
Calories from fat 589.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 65.47g 101%
Cholesterol 227.2mg 76%
Sodium 337.69mg 14%
Potassium 212.24mg 5%
Total Carbs 138.12g 46%
Sugars 86.99g 348%
Dietary Fiber 2.45g 10%
Protein 9.82g 20%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.8mg 25%
Iron 1.3mg 7%
Calcium 94.2mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 447.64 Kcal (1874 kJ)
Calories from fat 226.77 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.2g 101%
Cholesterol 87.44mg 76%
Sodium 129.96mg 14%
Potassium 81.68mg 5%
Total Carbs 53.16g 46%
Sugars 33.48g 348%
Dietary Fiber 0.94g 10%
Protein 3.78g 20%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 25%
Iron 0.5mg 7%
Calcium 36.3mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28.2
    Points
  • 33
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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