Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup fancy molasses
- 1 large egg
- 4 tsp. finely chopped fresh ginger
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized
Directions
In a large bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in molasses, then egg and fresh ginger.
Combine flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt. Using a wooden spoon, stir flour mixture into butter mixture until blended. Add crystilliuzed ginger and stir until well mixed.
Drop mounds of dough over entire surface of greased 15 1/2 X 10 1/2 X 1-inch jelly roll pan. Press dough evenly into pan and smooth surface with metal spatula.
Bake in a preheated 350*F. oven for 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Cut into bars and remove to wire rack; let cool completely.
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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Vancouver Today
Submitted By: Eileen Werth
crzylegs@erols.com
THREE- GINGER BAR COOKIES