Ginger Shortbread Cookies With Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon table salt
- Parchment paper
- Preheat oven to 275u0b0. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Stir in vanilla.
- Stir together flour, ginger, and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended after each addition.
- Place dough on a lightly floured surface, and roll dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with a 2-inch round cutter. Place 2 inches apart on 2 parchment paper-lined baking sheets (about 12 per sheet). Reroll scraps once.
- Bake, in batches, at 275u0b0 for 40 minutes or until lightly browned on bottom. (Refrigerate second batch while baking first batch.) Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and cool completely (about 30 minutes).
- Meanwhile, prepare Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting. Spread about 1 Tbsp. on each cooled cookie, using a small spatula.
butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, ginger, salt, paper
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/ginger-shortbread-cookies-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting (may not work)