Ginger Shortbread Cookies

Name: Ginger Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped; 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 237 milliliters butter, softened (do not use margarine); 79 milliliters finely chopped crystallized ginger; 532 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Ginger Shortbread Cookies is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 79 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 48. If you have ground nutmeg, crystallized ginger, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with foil, extending foil 2 inches on 2 opposite sides of pan.

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour, ground ginger and nutmeg until crumbly. Stir in crystallized ginger. Press dough firmly in pan. Prick surface generously with fork.

Ingredients you will need

Candied Ginger

Ginger Powder

Brown Sugar

Butter

Nutmeg

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Frying Pan

Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until light golden brown and set. Cool 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from pan by lifting foil. To make 24 squares, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows by pressing down with a long knife (do not use sawing motion).

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Knife

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Cut each square diagonally in half to make triangles. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate uncovered on High 1 minute. Stir; microwave 30 seconds longer, stirring every 15 seconds, until completely melted. Dip one short, flat edge of each triangular cookie in chocolate; if necessary, shake off any excess chocolate.

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Chocolate