Walnut and Ginger Shortbread
A melt-in-the-mouth shortbread cookie with crystalline ginger
Ingredients
- 1 Stick Butter room temperature
- 1/2 Cup Walnut Flour
- 1/2 Cup Crystallized Ginger chopped into tiny bits
- 11/4 Cup All purpose flour
- 1/4 Cup Corn Flour
- 1 egg yolk room temperature
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the sugar, ginger, walnut flour, all-purpose flour and corn flour with salt.
- Cream the butter and the egg yolk together until fluffy.
- Add in the flour mixture, about 2 tbsp at a time, and mix gently. Don't mix too much so that the cookie remains flakey.
- When flour and butter mixture is incorporated, pour the dough on parchment paper and gently roll into a log.
- It is time to chill the cookie dough. I prefer to have the dough in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours but four hours is the recommended minimum. The dough would last in the freezer for a couple of months. If you freeze, bring out cookie dough into a refrigerator at least a couple of hours before baking.
- When it is time to bake, preheat oven to 300F.
- To bake the walnut ginger shortbread, cut the log into 1/4 inch thick coins. Place on a baking tray, preferably lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. The shortbread can be baked longer if you prefer a bit more color on the cookies.