Cardamom Mandelkaker, Cardamom Cookies

• 14 cup butter
• 14 cup vegetable shortening
• 13 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, plus more for flattening cookies
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 14 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 13 cup almonds, toasted and chopped fine
• slivered almonds, for decorating cookies

1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Cream together the butter, shortening and sugars and vanilla until the mixture is fluffy.
3. Sift together the flour, cardamom, baking powder and salt.
4. Blend into the butter/sugar mixture.
5. Fold in the chopped nuts.
6. Roll teaspoons of dough into balls, place balls onto greased baking sheet, and flatten each ball with the bottom of a juice glass or cookie press dipped in granulated sugar.
7. Arrange slivered almonds in a decorative star pattern on top of each cookie.
8. B.
9. Bake the cookies 18 minutes or so.
10. Remove from cookie sheet and cool.

butter, vegetable shortening, powdered sugar, sugar, vanilla, flour, ground cardamom, doubleacting baking powder, salt, almonds, slivered almonds

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cardamom-mandelkaker-cardamom-cookies-169752 (may not work)