25 Days of Christmas Cookies: Cardamom Snaps

These spicy little treats are a fun twist on the traditional ginger snaps; they would be perfect with some chai tea.

Fine, they would be perfect with anything or with nothing to drink.

This is a recipe pulled from Better Homes & Gardens - that magazine knows what they're doing with the baking and recipe temptations.

Cardamom Snaps

• 3/4  cup  shortening

• 1  cup  packed brown sugar

• 1  tsp.  baking soda

• 2  tsp.  ground cardamom

• 1  tsp.  ground cinnamon

• 1/4  cup  mild-flavored molasses

• 1 egg

• 2-1/4  cups  all-purpose flour

• 1/4  cup  granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place shortening in your mixer and mix on medium-high for about a minute.  Add the brown sugar, baking soda, 1 1/2 tsp. of the cardamom, and cinnamon.  Mix well.

Beat in the molasses and the egg, then add the flour, scraping sides as you go.

Form dough into 1-inch balls and roll in sugar/cardamom mixture.  Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until cookies are firm around edges and have cracked on the top.