TWD-Grandma’s All-Occasion Sugar Cookies
9 Dec
The first Anniversary of the Tuesdays with Dorie baking group is rolling around quickly. According to TWD lore, this baking group was formed in January of this year, 2008. So you see, next month it will be 12 months, 52 weeks of posting, multiplied by the now 373 bakers. Thats a lot of cookies. Each week, a member selects a recipe from Dorie Greenspan book, Baking from My Home to Yours. Members bake during the week and post on Tuesday. [SinglePic not found]
This weeks recipe chosen by Ulrike of Kuchenlatein, is a simple delicious sugar cookie that Dorie says is a composite of her grandmother’s and her husband’s grandmother’s recipe. Her grandmother baked each week. Those sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar were meant for Dorie and her brother. Those sprinkled with poppy seeds were meant for her parents. I would guess some pretty sweet memories.
The AmyRuth version is Dorie’s recipe with a little Playing Around, according to Dorie. I added cardamom to the dry ingredients and the zest of one lemon rubbed into the sugar. I have a favorite sugar cookie recipe both for the cutters and the soft and chewy variety, so it was a lot of fun playing around. Just prior to slicing I rolled the roll of sugar dough in raw sugar. Chilling the roll of cookie dough in the freezer over night made it really easy to successfully slice a neat little round disc. Generally when chilling is suggested, I almost always opt for the freezer.[SinglePic not found]
The lemon and cardamom certainly are a nice variation on a comfortable and expected flavor. I have learned to have an affection for the warmth and the vanilla of sugar cookies. However, sometimes I just like to try new things. How will you know unless you try? Right? I liked them especially with tea or coffee. They are just so complimentary.
If you would like the recipe just click here and visit Ulrike’s blog where the recipe will be posted or run down to your local bookstore for Baking from My Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan.
Your variations sound yummy!
sounds great with the lemon and cardamon!
I, too, love cardamom and it’s such a wonderful winter spice, perfect for now. Good choice!
Love your simple and pretty version! I like the idea o rolling the whole tube in sugar. I rolled some balls in sugar and that worked great too. I decorated is several ways, all over I loved this recipe
I added orange to mine.
Yours look great.
So pretty! love the ribbon… very lovely!
lemon and cardamon.. i think thats reallie brave. I stuck like a pussy to my vanilla ones. *yawnz*. haha.
Even for such festive events, it seems sometimes simplicity can go a looooong way! Especialy when hidden cardamom adds an exotic touch to the whole experience!
Lovely, very delicate and totaly classy, Amy Ruth! Beautiful!
They are beautiful with the ribbon! The cardamom sounds like such a wonderful addition!
sounds like delicious flavors! your cookies are so cute, especially tied up in that bow
Thanks for playing around and giving up some really lovely ideas…the flavor combination sounds intriguing and I will try them like that…very nice. Your photos are lovely.
I love your cookies wrapped up with that pretty red and white bow. Im glad you liked this recipe. I really enjoyed it.
Beautiful picture with the perfect cookies tied with ribbon. I will have to try the cardamom
I always chill in the freezer as well… mainly because I’m impatient.
Your cookies look beautiful and I love your variations!
Your variations sound wonderful and they look lovely tied up in the ribbon. Thanks for sharing the freezer tip!
Cardamom is my favorite spice, but I used some mahleb in mine because I haven’t used it in anything in a while. It is very subtle, but I like it. Your cookies look so nice with the sugar edge.
cardamom and lemon zest–love it! and your cookies truly look beautiful…plain and simple, in all of their sugar cookie glory. wonderful job!
What a nice writeup! You would be perfect as the TWD spokesperson, LOL.
Your cookies look and sound delicious. I know what you mean about trying to things… and sometimes being in the mood or not being in the mood to.
Mmmm lemon and cardamon sounds delish–and how cute is that ribbon and plate combo? Love it!
I love cardamom but never thought of combining it with lemon! Brilliant! Love your photos…I want to reach out and take one of those yummy cookies.
Lemon and cardamom sound great together! Thanks for the idea.
The ribbon is so pretty wrapped around those! Glad you liked them. When I make mine I am going to remember all these wonderful tips I am reading. I hope you are having a wonderful December!
love your presentation! the ribbon is too cute.
can you believe that i have never tried cardamom?? really, i need to one of these days. great job w/the cookies, they look lovely wrapped in ribbon
Great recipe and very easy to play to adapt. Your add-ins are a great variation.
First of all, I want to thank you for stopping by my blog and always leaving such nice comments! I really appreciate it. Your cookies look wonderful.
Your pictures look lovely, the red and white striped ribbon is a nice seasonal touch
Would you believe that I have never used cardamom? It was not something my mother kept around so I haven’t either. I think I may have to go find some now…
I’ve never tasted caradamon before, the only spices I’ve ever used are cinnamon and nutmeg. Your cookies look so pretty and perfectly shaped. My dough is still in the freezer. Thanks for the tip about chockylit, I checked her site and she makes amazingly beautiful cupcakes.
I love cardamom.. I added orange zest to mine. Ilove your first picture.