Crumbly, buttery Ginger Shortbread filled with a combination of crytallised and ground ginger is the perfect holiday shortbread. With just 6 ingredients, these biscuits are easy to make and also wonderful for gift giving.
Ingredients
- 115 g unsalted butter, softened (1 stick / ½ cup)
- 50 g caster sugar (superfine sugar) (¼ cup / 1.8oz)
- 130 g plain flour (all-purp flour) (1 cup / 4.5oz)
- 2 tablespoons cornflour (US cornstarch) (20g / 0.7oz) (notes)
- 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- ⅓ cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped (60g / 2.1oz)
For best results, always weigh ingredients where a weight is provided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / 160C fan forced. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
- In a medium bowl (or the bowl of a standmixer with paddle attachment), beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
- Add the flour, cornflour and ground ginger and beat until it looks like wet sand.
- Add the crystallized ginger and beat to incorporate. Pull the dough together with your hands.
- Roll the dough out between two sheets of baking paper to about 8mm (⅓ inch), then use a 5cm (2 inch) cookie cutter to cut out squares.Tip: If the dough is too sticky to work with at this point, you can chill it for a little or lightly flour the surface and the dough to roll it out. How wet the dough is can come down to the brand of flour or how soft the butter is when you make them.
- Space about 2 inches apart on the baking trays then chill for 10 minutes.
- Bake for around 14 minutes or until the edges start turning golden.
- Let the cookies cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Notes
- I use a standard Australian 20ml tablespoon (4 teaspoons worldwide). The cornflour in this recipe is 8 teaspoons.
- All ovens vary - check for doneness 2-3 minutes before the recipe suggests
- For best results, always weigh ingredients like flour and sugar. Kitchen scales are cheap, will last forever and weighing will always give you the best result.
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Nutrition information is approximate only and derived from an online calculator. The brands you use and any changes you make may cause variations.
