After making them for a year, my grandma gave me the recipe, and once I started making them, they quickly became the most popular cookie in my repertoire. Like chai-flavored Russian tea cakes.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Beat butter and powdered sugar together until well blended. Add flour, egg yolks, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and salt. Mix until smooth. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Mix powdered sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom together in a shallow bowl. Roll cookies in the coating mixture while still warm. Allow to cool for 5 more minutes; roll again.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 143 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 104 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |