Pre- heat oven at 180°c. In a medium bowl combine flour with baking powder, ground Almonds, salt and cardamom powder. In a large bowl mix butter and sugar at Medium High speed until light and creamy. Add egg and beat until smooth.Then add vanilla essence and mix it well.
Add flour mixture and stir to incorporate. Wrap your dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1hour.
Then roll your dough out 1/4 of an inch thick, and use your cookie cutter to cut out your shapes.
Place the dough scraps together and re-roll out the dough for more cookies. Half of your cookies should have small hearts cut out of the center. Place them on a cookie sheet. bake at 180°c for about 10 minutes or just until they are slightly darker around the edges.
Let them cool for few minutes, then shift them to a wire wrack to cool completely. Once they are cool, add 1/2 tspn of strawberry jam to the center of each cookies. Then take the cookie that had a heart shape cut out, and place that on top, lightly pushing the jam to spread towards the edges of the cookie. Dust the cookies with powdered sugar, and they are ready to eat.
