Ginger shortbread

Name: Ginger shortbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes: 12
Ingredients: 150 g caster sugar; 200 g butter, at room temperature; 350 g plain flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons cornflour; 40 g crystallised ginger, finely chopped; a few drops of vanilla essence; extra caster sugar, to sprinkle over cooked shortbread

Preparation info

Makes:
12

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

I love ginger and I love shortbread, so for me this is the ultimate biscuit.

Ingredients

150 g caster sugar
200 g butter, at room temperature
350

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Line the baking tray with baking parchment.
Use an electric whisk to blend the butter and sugar until soft and creamy. You can also do this by hand with a wooden spoon. Add the flour, salt, cornflour, ginger and vanilla essence. Squeeze the mixture together with your hands to form a dough.
Press the dough into the tin so it spreads out to the edges. P