Chocolate Ginger Shortbread Cookies

Name: Chocolate Ginger Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 pinch Pinch baking powder; 4 candied ginger; 40 servings Cocoa butter; 4 larges egg yolks; 394 milliliters all-purpose flour; 40 servings Powdered food colors, as desired; 237 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 177 milliliters cold unsalted butter, cubed; 118 milliliters unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder; 1 vanilla bean; 227 grams white chocolate, tempered

Chocolate Ginger Shortbread Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 40 servings with 103 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of butter, powdered sugar, dutch processed cocoa powder, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes.

Instructions

Use a rolling pin to mash the candied ginger into a paste.

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Candied Ginger

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Rolling Pin

Use a sharp knife to slice the vanilla bean lengthwise. Separate the seeds from the outside skin by scraping the blade of the knife along the inside of the bean.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

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Knife

Place the vanilla bean seeds, butter, sugar, egg yolks, and ginger in a medium-size mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the ingredients are combined, about 1 minute.

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Vanilla Bean

Egg Yolk

Butter

Ginger

Seeds

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Combine the baking powder, salt, cocoa powder and flour and add to the butter mixture all at once. Beat on low speed just until combined, about 1 minute. Do not overmix the dough or it will become tough.

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Baking Powder

Cocoa Powder

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Remove the dough from the bowl.

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Dough

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Bowl

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

I baked my cookies in a special flexible baking sheet with dome-shaped cavities.

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Baking Sheet

Roll the dough into a rope that is about the same diameter as the cookie mold. Use a knife to cut each piece of dough. Press the dough into the mold. Repeat until all of the cavities are filled.

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Dough

Roll

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Knife

Bake 15 to 20 minutes.

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Oven

To make the chocolate fans: Use an offset spatula to spread a very thin layer of tempered chocolate onto a piece of marble. Use a spatula to clean away chocolate so you are left with a rectangle shape.

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Chocolate

Spread

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Offset Spatula

Spatula

Let the chocolate set slightly.

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Chocolate

Place 1 hand on the handle of the cake triangle and rest your thumb on the blade of the triangle. Push the triangle through the chocolate in strips of about 2 inches. Use your thumb to catch 1 side of the chocolate to create small chocolate fans. Pinch the short side to create the handle of the fan. I colored my fans with my airbrush but you could also use a paintbrush. If using an airbrush, place a few drops of color in the airbrush.

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Chocolate

If using a paintbrush, mix together a few tablespoons of the cocoa butter with a small amount of powdered food color. It will be easier if you use yogurt machine to store and warm your paints. Apply color where you are inspired to do so.

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Food Color

Butter

Yogurt

Cocoa Powder

When the cookies have cooled, use a sharp knife to cut a wedge from the top of each cookie. Position the chocolate fans on top of each cookie.

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Chocolate

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Source: Flexible baking pans any kitchen supply store

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Baking Pan

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Servings:

1pinch

Pinch baking powder 4

candied ginger 40servings

Cocoa butter 4larges

egg yolks 394milliliters

all-purpose flour 40servings

Powdered food colors, as desired 237milliliters

powdered sugar 1pinch

Pinch salt 177milliliters

cold unsalted butter, cubed 118milliliters

unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder 1

vanilla bean 227grams

white chocolate, tempered

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 29 dollars per bottle.