Ingredients

1 cup butter at room temperature

½ cup plus 2 tbsp sugar

2 ½ cups all purpose flour

2 tbsp minced crystallized ginger

½ tsp ground ginger

Preparation

  1. In a food processor or electric mixer at medium speed whirl butter, ½ cup sugar, flour, and crystallized and ground ginger together until smooth and going together into a ball.
  2. Press dough evenly into two 9 inch round pans with removable rims. Press edges of dough with fork tines to make a ridge pattern. Then, with fork tines, pierce dough all over in parallel lines 1 inch apart.
  3. Bake shortbread in a 300F oven until firm to touch and golden at edges about 45 minutes. Sprinkle while hot with remaining 2 tbsp sugar then let cool for 10 minutes.
  4. Remove pan rims from warm shortbread. Cut each round into 12 wedges. Cool completely on pan bottoms racks