Ginger Bar Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

2 1/4 cups	140g / 4.9oz	Unbleached flour
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Light brown sugar - (packed)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
1		Salt
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Unsalted butter - (2 sticks) - cut 1/2" pieces,
		And slightly softened
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Finely chopped crystallized ginger

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, brown sugar, ground ginger, baking powder and salt in mixing bowl. Add butter; cut in with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add crystallized ginger; stir with fork until blended.

With lightly floured fingertips, press dough in even layer into lightly buttered 13- by 9-inch baking pan. Bake on center rack until edges are lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Let cool in pan on wire rack before cutting into bars.

Wrap leftovers in foil and freeze or store at room temperature up to 1 week.

Yields 24 bars.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 09-28-1998 - By Marie Simmons

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