Valentine’s Day Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter

  room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 vanilla bean

  opened and seeds scraped out
• 2 eggs + 1 extra yolk
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cardamom spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• 1 Sift together the flour, baking powder, cardamom spice and salt.
• 2 Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about
  5 minutes.
• 3 Mix in the vanilla bean, then add the eggs and orange zest.
• 4 Add the flour mixture and blend until combined.
• 5 Separate the dough into 3 disks and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the fridge
  and chill for at least one hour.
• 6 When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit . Line cookie sheets
  with parchment paper.
• 7 Remove one disk at a time. Lightly dust work surface with flour. Roll the cookie
  dough to 1/8 – 1/4 inch thickness.
• 8 Dust the cookie cutters with flour, then cut the dough into desired shapes.
• 9 Transfer the cookies to the baking sheet.
• 10 Bake for 7-9 minutes. Just until the edges start to brown.
• 11 Cool on wire rack.
• 12 Decorate with royal icing.

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