My dear friend, Barbara Weinrich, presents my family with a beautiful tray of Christmas cookies each year. This is my favorite. I love the exotic taste of cardamom and the browned butter icing. (Scandanavian cooks have made a great contribution to Midwest baking :)
Provided by Acerast
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 1h15m
Yield 20 bars
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cream 1 cup butter and the granulated and brown sugars until fluffy.
- Add the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon vanilla, mix well.
- Stir in the flour, cardamom and salt.
- Spread in an ungreased 10 x 15" baking pan.
- Beat the egg white until bubbly but not forming peaks.
- Brush the dough with the egg white and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.
- Bake at 275°F for 1 hour.
- In a saucepan, melt the 1 1/2 Tablespoon butter until it browns slightly, remove from heat.
- Beat in 1 cup confectioner's sugar and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
- Add enough milk to make a"drizzling" consistency.
- Drizzle on baked dough.
- Cut into bars.
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