Cardamom and Saffron Cookies Bliss

Cardamom and Saffron are a very fragrant spices that are commonly used in Mediterranean cuisines. Originally I come from Bahrain and in Bahrain, Cardamom and Saffron are very famous spices that are used in both savory and sweet dishes. I personally prefer them in hot drinks like my Cardamom spiced chi latte and desserts like cookies, muffins, pancake and cakes. Cardamom has a very pleasant unique aroma that I can sniff on all day long.

My recipe today was inspired by a famous sweet dish commonly made in Bahrain called ( Khanfroosh) . Khanfroosh is a sweet dish , made out of white flour, sugar, loads of eggs,  cardamom and saffron mixed with water to a cake batter like consistency , then deep fried in oil .

They will look like this after frying them .

Although they tastes super good but unfortunately they are full of fat, cholesterol and sugar .

I have created a version of them that are super healthy, very low in fat and sugar. I have used Whole wheat flour, egg's white only, organic cane sugar and a combination of apple sauce and organic canola oil. Instead of deep frying them, I have baked them to perfection. Take a look :

Now lets get down to business people !

Ingredient:

For the Dry Ingredient:

• 2 cups of White whole wheat flour.
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
• 1 tsp Saffron.
• dash of salt.

For the wet ingredient:

• 1 cup organic brown cane sugar
• 4 tbs apple sauce
• 2 eggs white
• 3 tbs Organic Canola oil.
• 1 tbs Rose water ( You can find it in the ethnic section of any grocery store, if not you can omit from the recipe).

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 .

In a bowl mix the dry ingredients. Set aside

In another bowl whisk the wet ingredients with either an electrical mixer or manually for about 1 minute until smooth

Slowly whisk the dry mix to the wet mix and fold gently until very well blended. If your batter is a bit hard add a little tiny bit of water .

The batter should look like this 

Spoon the batter on a cookie baking sheet and bake for about 10-12 minutes.

Take the cookies out of the oven , let them stand for 5 minutes before transferring them to cool on

wire rack.

Enjoy!!!