These honey olive oil cookies are flavored with orange and cardamom. They are so delicious and pretty healthy too.
In a large bowl whisk the egg, orange zest and icing sugar for a few minutes, or until light and fluffy.
Add the honey, vanilla, orange juice and olive oil. Blend until incorporated.
Combine the dry ingredients in another bowl. Whisk together.
Add half of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix with a wooden spoon until mostly incorporated.
Add the other half of the dry ingredients. Mix until incorporated. Don't over-mix.
Form the dough into a ball. Wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 15 minutes (or as long as it takes to tidy up). Refrigerating the dough will make the dough easier to work with.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Form the dough into small balls, (one inch in diameter).
Flatten the balls of cookie dough with your fingers, the bottom of a glass or a cookie stamp. The cookies should be about 1/3 inch thick. If you're using a cookie stamp, you will need to lightly flour the top of the cookies so that the dough won't stick to the cookie stamp.
Allow the cookies to rest for 5 minutes before baking them.
Place the cookies on a cookie sheet. Leave a little space between the cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are a golden brown.
Allow the cookies to cool.
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Whisk until combined and smooth. Allow the glaze to rest 5 minutes before icing the cookies. If you prefer a thicker glaze, add a little more icing sugar one tbsp at a time.