Desserts & Baking

Cardamom-and-thyme shortbread

Name: Cardamom-and-thyme shortbread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Cuisine: Desserts & Baking
Ingredients: boxes Woolworths Easy to Bake butter biscuit mix 2 x 300g,ground cardamom 1t,rose-water 1T,fresh thyme leaves, chopped 2 T,For the icing: ,icing sugar, sifted 150g,rose-water 2T,water or lemon juice approx 1T

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves Makes 12

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes chilling time

cooking Time 15 minutes

“These addictive biscuits are also good to eat without the icing. They freeze well, so make a big batch to store for a day when you need to keep the kids busy by icing them.”- Abigail Donnelly

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Ingredients

Method

2 x 300 g boxes Woolworths Easy to Bake butter biscuit mix
1 t ground cardamom
1 T rose-water
2 T fresh thyme leaves, chopped

For the icing:

150 g icing sugar, sifted
2 T rose-water
1 T water or lemon juice approx

Method

Ingredients

1 Prepare the biscuit mix according to package instructions, adding the cardamom and rose-water when you add the oil. Bake according to package instructions and allow to cool.

2 To make the icing, mix the icing sugar, rose-water and water or lemon juice to make a thick paste. Ice the cooled biscuits.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Josh van Zyl

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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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