Ginger Shortbread

Name: Ginger Shortbread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters cake flour; 7 grams crystallized ginger, cut into 16 thin slices; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 Tbsp ice water; 1 Dash salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp turbinado or other coarse sugar; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened

Ginger Shortbread might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 69 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat. A mixture of sugar, turbinado, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar, ground ginger, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

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Ginger Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Place butter in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth (about 1 minute).

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Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until combined.

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All Purpose Flour

Add ice water; stir just until combined. Press mixture gently into a 4-inch circle on plastic wrap, and cover with additional plastic wrap. Chill for 20 minutes.

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Water

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Slightly overlap 2 sheets of plastic wrap on a slightly damp surface. Unwrap and place chilled dough on plastic wrap. Cover dough with 2 additional sheets of overlapping plastic wrap.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll dough, still covered, into an 8-inch circle (the edges of the circle will crack slightly).

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Dough

Roll

Remove top sheets of plastic wrap, and fit dough, plastic wrap side up, onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

Wrap

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Baking Sheet

Plastic Wrap

Remove the remaining plastic wrap.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Sprinkle dough with 1 tablespoon of coarse sugar; press gently to help sugar adhere to dough. Lightly score dough into 16 wedges, cutting into, but not through, dough.

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Sugar

Dough

Place 1 piece of crystallized ginger in each wedge; press gently to adhere.

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Candied Ginger