Cardamom Pistachio Cookies
These cardamom pistachio cookies are full of warm, slightly spicy flavor.
Cardamom was a new spice to my family and me. I have read a ton of recipes using this spice and decided to try it myself.
This stuff was pretty pricey at our local grocery stores. I happen to find ground cardamom at a local Indian grocery store. Their prices were way more reasonable.
Why You Will Love this Recipe
- This recipe is fast and easy to prepare. With the bonus of being really quick cleaning up. I’m all in!
- No stand mixer is required! We use a food processor.
- They make a great gift!
- They are crispy shortbread cookies infused with cardamom spice and pistachios!
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour, unsalted butter, and powdered sugar– This recipe uses the basic shortbread cookie ingredients.
- Cardamom, lemon, vanilla extract, and pistachios – All combined for the perfect flavor.
How to Make Cardamom Shortbread Cookies
Add the flour, salt, confectioners sugar, lemon zest, vanilla extract, cardamom, and butter to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until a dough forms.
Dump out the dough. Roll the dough into a log.
Place the chopped pistachios on a piece of plastic wrap.
Roll the cookie dough log in the pistachios to evenly coat the entire surface.
Wrap the dough up tightly and refrigerate overnight for the best flavor.
You could bake it after refrigerating for an hour but the cardamom flavor will not be as strong. (I allowed the dough to refrigerate overnight. But I also noticed the cookies were even better the day after baking.)
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Slice the dough into about 24 cookies. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until the edges begin to golden. Place the cookies on wire racks to cool completely.
More Cookie Recipes
- Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
- Italian Ricotta Cookies Recipe
- Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies
- Classic Shortbread Cookies
Cardamom Pistachio Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 sticks butter 1 cup, room temperature
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 Tbs vanilla extract
- 1 tsp heaping ground cardamom
- zest of half a lemon
- 1/2 cup pistachios roughly chopped
Instructions
- Add the flour, salt, confectioners sugar, lemon zest, vanilla extract, cardamom, and butter in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until a dough forms.
- Remove from the food processor and roll into a log of roughly 2 1/2″ in diameter.
- Roll the dough log in the chopped pistachios.
- Wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight to allow the cardamon and lemon zest to fully infuse the dough.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Slice the dough into 24 cookies and bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until the edges begin to golden. (mine baked 14 minutes)
- Cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Loving these cookies and def want to give them a try! Cardamom’s one of a favorite spices, and one I make sure to get at an Indian grocery. 🙂
Thank you I hope you enjoy them!
Incredible! I bet these are one of those simple seeming but absolutely delicious cookies 🙂 thanks for linking up with #festivefoodfriday
They are, thanks Kerry!
Oh these look so good and delicious for the holidays. Thank you so much for linking up to Share With Me. #sharewithme
Oh my sister would love this recipe and I am especially fond of how quick and easy it is to make! Thanks for sharing it and linking up with us at Talented Tuesday.
Cheers,
AJ
These look so yummy! I love cardamom. Thanks for stopping at Your Inspired Design!
What a lovely combination of flavours in these pretty cookies! Thank you for sharing your Cardamom Pistachio Cookies with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop. I’m featuring your post this week!
Thank you so much April!
That is an interesting recipe and they look good too. I have loved your input to the Blog Booster Party and I look forward to you being at the Blogger’s Pit Stop rally with more of your posts next Friday.
Kathleen
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned & shared.
Thank you Theresa!
These look great. I’m not a big pistachio fan myself but my other half would love these. I’ve only ever had cardamom in Indian dishes, but I bet it goes really well in these too.
Sally @ Life Loving
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Oh these sound really, really good!!! We love Indian spices so I can’t wait to give this a try! Thanks for sharing on the Let’s Get Real link up 🙂
Thank you!
These sound lovely and I have all the ingredients in the cupboard so I’ll have to give them a try.
Thank you Charlotte and I hope you enjoy them!
These cookies look delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Thank you Karly!
I’ll have to try these, I love cardamom!
I hope you enjoy them Anna!
These cookies look divine! I happened to forget that I already had a bottle of cardamom in my pantry when I bought another one, so I’m eager to try some yummy-looking new recipes that use this wonderful spice. Thanks for inspiration–I plan to make these for the holiday season!
I hope you enjoy them Ginger!
These sound delicious and look beautiful. I’ll have to add them to my Christmas baking list 🙂
Thank you Kati!
Great recipe and I can’t wait to try it…always looking for more good cookies!
Thank you Janelle and I hope you enjoy the cookies!
These sound divine and so easy to make, cardamom is one of those flavours I just love. Pinning it!
Angela x
Thank you Angela!
This cookie recipe sounds super delicious. I pinned it to my cookie board.
Thank you!
What a fantastic looking cookie! Can’t wait to try it! Your recipe will be featured next week at the next Brag About It Link Party! Sure hope you will join us! Party starts Monday at midnight. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and thank you for sharing your wonderful recipe with us! Pinning!
~Laurie
Thanks for this recipe! I love cardamom. Growing up we had a Finnish coffee bread (pulla) that is favored with cardamom. Recently I began adding cardamom to coffee. I add some seeds to the fresh ground coffee before brewing. Like you I have discovered that cardamom seeds are more reasonably priced in the Indian grocery aisle.
Thank you Carol! I will be finding a pulla recipe to try soon.
They look incredible! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x
Thank you!
These sound utterly divine and I love love cardamom! So good to see this recipe, thank you for sharing!
Thank you! They were FABULOUS! I hope you try them.
These cookies look so good! Do you think that the dough could be made up ahead of time and frozen to be sliced and baked right before Christmas? Thanks.
Absolutely! You will have to adjust the cooking time to accommodate frozen dough. Or let thaw long enough to still be chilled. Maybe an hour or 2 at room temperature. Thank you for stopping by! Have a great Thanksgiving!
I also will freeze the dough, should I also roll it in the pistachios before placing in the freezer or before I bake the cookies
I would roll it in the pistachios before baking. You can do either this is just my preference.
Ooh, these look delicious. Perfect for Christmas. Pistachios are so festive somehow aren’t they?! These would be perfect to link up to my FestiveFoodFriday linky over on my blog if you fancy joining in. This week’s is live until Tuesday night or there will be another next Friday 🙂
Thank you Sarah! I will drop by the linky party.
I love these, they look so pretty. Bet they were tasty
Thank you Alison, they were very tasty!