Ginger Shortbread Delights

by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine

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Ginger Shortbread Delights
Yield: Makes about 3-1/2 dozen cookies
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Ingredients:
1
cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1/2
cup powdered sugar

1/3
cup packed light brown sugar

1/2
teaspoon salt

2
cups minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

4
ounces crystallized ginger

Bittersweet Glaze (recipe follows)



Preparation:
1.
Preheat oven to 300°F.

2.
Beat butter, sugars and salt in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add flour, beating until well blended.

3.
Shape dough by tablespoons into balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut ginger into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Place 1 slice ginger on top of each cookie.

4.
Bake 20 minutes or until set and lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheets. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

5.
Prepare Bittersweet Glaze; drizzle over cookies. Let stand about 30 minutes or until glaze is set.



Nutritional Information:
Serving Size: 1 cookie
Sodium 37 mg
Protein <1 g
Fiber trace g
Carbohydrate 11 g
Cholesterol 15 mg
Saturated Fat 4 g
Total Fat 6 g
Calories from Fat 55 %
Calories 100
Dietary Exchange:
Fat 1.5
Starch 0.5

Bittersweet Glaze

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Ingredients:
1
bar (3 to 3.5 ounces) bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces

2
tablespoons unsalted butter

2
tablespoons whipping cream

1
tablespoon powdered sugar

1/8
teaspoon salt



Preparation:
1.
Melt chocolate and butter in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water. Remove from heat. Add cream, powdered sugar and salt; stir until smooth.


Tip: Fans of ginger will love the flavor of these cookies. But they're just as flavorful without the crystallized ginger. For another option, before baking, place a pecan or walnut half in the center of each dough ball, or roll them in chopped almonds, hazelnuts or macadamias.



Ginger Shortbread Delights

This recipe appears in: Frosting & Icing