Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 egg
1 1/4 tsp. cardamom
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt (optional)
Preparation
Need a small mixing bowl, a medium mixing bowl, and a well greased pan. (I usually use vegetable or canola oil, but butter would probably be the best and healthiest.) In the medium mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom, and cinnamon together, and stir. In the smaller mixing bowl, put in brown sugar and butter, but be sure the butter is softened, not melted. Beat butter/sugar with beater or by hand (about 35 seconds). Add egg and vanilla in butter/sugar mixture. Beat again for about the same time. Add butter mixture with flour. If you are beating by hand, then beat as you pour into the flour mixture. Beat until all is evenly mixed.
Roll into balls and shape how you want. Put in pan about 1 1/2" apart. Cook on 325 for about 15-18 minutes.
