These pale, soft, and chewy sugar cookies highlight some of the best flavors of the holiday season: orange, cardamom, and almond. They taste citrusy, slightly spiced and slightly nutty. Jake Hagen, who baked cookies with his grandmother in Granada Hills, knew he wanted to highlight his favorite spice, cardamom. Hagen says cardamom means the holidays to him.
Inspired by his grandmother's orange tree in the backyard, he also uses the winter citrus fruit—both the juice and the peel—in this cookie and its frosting. The orange zest-flecked frosting is a tangy departure from the usual food coloring frosting for holiday cookies.
This is a cookie jar favorite that comes together quickly in one bowl. Use the cookie cutter shape you like. Depending on the size of your cookies, the baking time may vary. Make sure these cookies are light in color and don't have golden edges (the bottom is slightly golden). You don't want the flavors to taste overly caramelized from baking so that the citrus and cardamom stand out.
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