December 8, 2013: Chewy Ginger-Cardamom Cookies…the sequel!
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Last year’s epic fail hurt me. The recipe was given to me by my childhood best friend Jeanne and her husband Mike. They are their favorites, I was told. Here! Make them.
And I burned them beyond all recognition. I walked away with my spatula between my legs.
Well, it’s another year, and Chewy Ginger-Cardamom cookies aren’t going to have ME to kick around any more.
The ingredients are pretentious, but I can slum them down. I wanted to show you my “organic cane sugar” in the form of my food-grade 5 gallon bucket of white Costco sugar, but I forgot to get a picture. Just like my Vietnamese cinnamon…directly from the dollar aisle at the local grocery store, the same place that you can register your dead deer after a day of hunting and buy pickled eggs.
But I still have my $12 bottle of cardamom from last year, and I’m going to use every part of it, even if I start to poop out chai.
I was bound and determined to follow the directions to the letter this time. Here I am massaging the orange zest into the sugars:
I stuck it all in the fridge for 24 hours, and this time, rolled them into much smaller balls than last year. The directions said “teaspoon-full” and I wasn’t taking any chances.
I only measured out one, then rolled it into a ball…just so I could see how big it was supposed to be.
The directions said to have them placed 2 inches apart, and let me tell you, I looked for a ruler for nearly 10 minutes. Hand to God. (I couldn’t find one.) I plopped them on the cookie sheets, put them in the oven, and said a prayer to the patron saint of Chewy Ginger-Cardamom cookies.
Five minutes in, we were looking good.
And when the buzzer went off, a Christmas miracle was realized.
So much better than last year. Lest I remind you (parental discretion is advised):
That’s right, I conquered the Chewy Ginger-Cardamom cookie! I’m kicking ass and taking names! Suck it, pretentious ingredient list and smug burnt batter! I OWN you!
(And yes, they taste amazing. Or is it just the sweet taste of victory?)
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Still too lazy to type in the recipe. Thanks for the scanned recipe, Jeanne and Mike!
