Orange cardamom cookies with white chocolate chip love

            There is a special place in my heart reserved for cookies! I know that my heart is a huge fan of cookies, because when I eat them it goes pitter patter. I have a special heart that’s immune to butter, and in fact butter makes it happy. My heart loves me! No big deal. 

           
           Now we all know that I am talking about my psychological heart, I mean duh! You know, I'm talking about the one that’s shaped like a Valentine’s card. ❤  That’s the heart that loves cookies! My main heart, a.k.a. my cardiac muscle, probably loves cookies a little less than my brain heart. (see what I just did there, main heart... brain heart. mmhmm.) However right now I have no proof of that; so who’s to say that it doesn’t love cookies? Not me! I’m no cardiologist! 

          So today I decided that I would make my heart happy (my brain heart that is) by baking some exciting cookies! 

         
         These orange cardamom cookies have a bright summery flavor that would make anybody’s heart pitter patter! With their supple texture and little bits of white chocolate, these babies practically melt in your mouth. They are everything heart could desire... and then some! 

What you need:

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick butter or margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1-2 tablespoons orange zest
• 1 teaspoon cardamom 
• 1 cup white chocolate chips 

What to do: 

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt
3. In the large bowl of a stand mixer beat together butter and sugars together until well combined and fluffy 
4. Beat in egg, vanilla, cardamom, and orange zest until well combined
5. Slowly add in the flour mixture until everything comes together to form your dough
6. Using a rubber spatula fold in the white chocolate chips 
7. Scoop out well rounded tablespoons of dough onto a greased cookie sheet. Space each cookie about two inches apart. 
8. Bake for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies are done when they have begun to brown around the edges.
9. Allow your cookies to cool on a cooling rack for about ten minutes.

Music to bake to... because this song is cute!