Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012

I had no lemon, so orange zest it was and no almonds, so walnuts were substituted. They turned out to be a considerably different type of cookie, but nonetheless a tasty spice cookie. Will make again and take the advice of other users to use the cookie as pie crusts.

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Proudmama

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Living In: Spokane, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2011

Delicious cookies. I used orange zest, since I did not have a lemon and liked the way it turned out.

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Peggy

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2011

For those of you allergic to wheat & gluten, I made these wonderful cookies with a combo of sorghum, rice & coconut flour. I'm also allergic to almonds so used hazelnuts instead. Added extra cardamom, extra lemon zest & a sprinkle of anise seed. Even used Earth Balance vegan butter. And they came out light, flaky and absolutely delicious!!

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bew

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2010

Delicious!

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Steffi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

The recipe turns out great after a few adjustments. I increased the cardamom to 1.5 tspn, the cinamon to 1/2 tspn, and lemon peel to 1/2 tspn. I don't like cookies too sweet, so I reduced the sugar to 1/3 cup to let the spice flavour come out. I also found the dough too sticky too roll, so I made balls and flattened them with my hand - note that this will decrease the yield to 1.5 dozen. I sprinkled pecans on top, too, and am enjoying the cookies very much!

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mango head

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2009

Cookies are very good but this recipe needed lots of tweaking. I used 1/2 tsp cardamom and 1/4 tsp cinnamon and used orange zest in place of the lemon. I did not add the milk as the dough was already too sticky. It was far too sticky to work with so I rolled in a log in plastic wrap and chilled in the freezer then sliced the log to make the cookies.

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RhetTbull

Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2009

These are a nice textured cookies, but need way more spice. I used 2 tsp of cardamom and 1 of cinnamon. Also tried a batch with dried cranberries added and they were very good.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2009

These cookies are excellent! Based on prior reviews, i doubled the cardamom, adn added more cinnamon. Also, instead of lemon, i used orange peel, and insted of milk, orange juice. I rolled the dough in a log, put it in the fridge for an hour, then sliced the cookies, and baked at 375 degrees for 8 minutes, and they came out pefect!

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danube66

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Budapest, Pest, Hungary

Living In: Carmel, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2008

I made these intending to take them to work but forgot to do so. Bf wasn't impressed but he doesn't like cardamom. I forgot about sprinkling sugar on top; I should have done so, as these cookies are not that sweet. I added a bit more cardamom and the flavor is not very strong at all. Thanks for the recipe!

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pomplemousse

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pendleton, Oregon, USA

Living In: Dumfries, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008

On my second go round with these cookies, my opinion of them has risen considerably. Still didn't use the zest, still didn't dust cookies (I think they're sweet enough as-is). Did however use butter instead of my usual low fat margarine this time. Used too much butter, in fact, closer to a half cup than, so almost 2 tbsp over. The result was a cookie that wanted to be more like shortbread, which I certainly had no problems with. Doubled the cardamom this time and did a couple shakeashakes extra of cinnamon and I think these are pretty much the perfect tea cookie. A very 'adult' cookie as someone else said. Lastly, extra butter helped the stickiness in my dough SUBSTANTIALLY and I chilled in the fridge for an hour while watching TV :) Normally I reserve 3 stars for recipes that were fine but not something I'd make again--this time it's just due to the number of changes I've made.

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