Candied Ginger - Cardamom Bars
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
18 bars
- Serves:
- 9
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chilled unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 4 1⁄2 ounces crystallized ginger
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
- Grease a 9 inch square baking pan.
- Ok here is the hardest part -- finely chop crystallized ginger and set aside.
- In a food processor add flour, sugar, cardamom, cinnamon, and salt. Pulse to combine.
- Cut butter into half in cubes.
- Add butter to processor and mix into a coarse meal forms.
- Beat egg and add 2 tablespoons to processor and mix until a moist crumbs form.
- Add ginger and blend until moist clumps form.
- Press dough into pan.
- Brush the rest of the egg over the top.
- Bake 40 minutes.
- Transfer to rack and let cool completely in pan.
- Cut into 18 pieces.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
matt_maples
Oregon City, Oregon
Married Father of two Boy (one is a bottomless pit) and love to cook.