4C Shortbread

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules (taster's choice french roast worked for me)
• 6 pods cardamom,
• 4 cloves
• 2 tablespoons light cream
• 1 1/4 cups All purpose flour
• 1 pinch salt

1. Using a mortar & pestle, crush the cloves, cardamom seeds & the coffee granules to a smooth powder.
2. Cream the butter & sugar till well combined. add the spiced coffee powder & cream a little longer till light & fluffy.
3. Sift the all purpose flour and the salt. fold the flour into the creamed butter and work till the flour is incorporated completely and the mixture comes together into a ball. wrap in plastic wrap & chill for an hour in the refrigerator
4. Preheat oven to 350 F.
5. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, roll out to a 1/4 inch thickness (using extra flour for dusting). Using a cookie cutter, cut out the dough and place onto a cookie sheet.
6. Bake for ~ 10 minutes or until the lower surface of the cookies starts turning a golden brown. remove & cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight jar.
7. Serve alongside a hot cup of.....tea or hot chocolate!!

brown sugar, coffee, pods cardamom, cloves, light cream, flour, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/11378-4c-shortbread (may not work)