Scottish Grasmere Shortbread
- Ready In:
- 57mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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24 cookies
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
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Ingredients for the shortbread
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
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Ingredients for the ginger filling
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2 tablespoons grated crystallized ginger
directions
- Sift flour, sugar, cornstarch, and ground ginger into a bowl.
- Cut in butter until mixture becomes a soft dough (requires working beyond the stage when particles are the size of rice kernals).
- Mix in crystallized ginger. Shape dough into a ball. Knead lightly with fingertips until mixture holds together. Roll into tubular shape and place in cookie press or just slice into 1/8 inch slices. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minures. Cool. Spread ginger filling over the bottom of half the cookies. Cover with remaining cookies.
- Ginger Filling; Cream 1/4 C butter and 1 t vanilla extract. Add 2 C confectioner's sugar gradually, beating until fluffy. Stir in 2 T grated crystallized ginger.
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Reviews
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Made this shortbread recipe to serve a group I host each month, along with other finger food items & most everyone really enjoyed these cookies (frosted rather than filled)! So much better tasting than what I usually buy! Will keep hold of this recipe for sure ~ Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick A Chef]
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Love cooking and trying new recipes. I have been doing asian and eastern cuisine dishes for the past several years and they are perfect for my goal of eating healthy, low-fat and exotic dishes. My husband is a classically trained chef and has taught me all I actually know about classic French technique (which sometimes I actually attempt!). He is a very talented cook and I have gleened extraordinary amounts of knowledge from him.