Ginger shortbread made with fresh and candied ginger!
Ginger shortbread is a great treat if you love the tangy taste of ginger. I found this recipe in 'The Cheese Board Collective Works' and modified it slightly by making larger, thicker cookies than called for. Ingredients: *1 piece fresh ginger, about 1 inch by 3 inches long, peeled * 2/3 cup candied ginger * pinch of white pepper * 2 sticks butter (room temp) * 1/2 cup sugar * 1/2 tsp salt * 2 1/4 cups flour Chop & mince the gingers together with the pepper. Cream the butter, sugar and salt in a mixer for about 4 minutes. Add the ginger mix and continue blending for 2 minutes. Then add 2 cups flour and mix until blended. Put on a lightly floured surface and divide dough into 2 pieces.
how about homemade tea with that...
Roll out each piece to 1/4 inch thick and cut into 2 inch squares. Place on a sheetpan covered with parchment paper and place in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, switch pans top to bottom and rotate front to back to ensure even baking. Remove from oven and cool on the sheetpans on wire racks. ginger shortbread and more recipes at Amazon books Now have a taste of the rich, buttery shortbread with the tang of ginger. A hot or cool cup of tea and a nice comfy chair and my work is done! Take it easy out there, fellow biscuitbakers...and don't work too hard - unless you're baking, that is.
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