Cardamom Peppernuts

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 6 cups sifted flour
• 1/2 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar. stir in vanilla or lemon juice.
• 2 sift together flour, cream of tartar, and cardamom.
• 3 add dry ingredients alternately with milk, stirring well.
• 4 roll dough into snakes about the diameter of a dime, and freeze snakes on wax paper (they can remain in the freezer for several days, and you can bake cookies in batches when you have time.).
• 5 when ready to bake, preheat oven to 350.
• 6 take one or two snakes out of the freezer at a time, and cut into 1/4-inch sections.
• 7 arrange on greased cookie sheet, and bake 10-12 minutes, until lightly brown.
• 8 cool and store in airtight container in a cool place.