Spiced Ginger Shortbread Rounds
- 3/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 Land O Lakes Egg (yolk only)
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 4 teaspoons water
- 1 drop green food color
- 3 ounces vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark), melted
- Combine butter, sugar and egg yolk in bowl; beat at medium speed until well mixed.
- Add flour and five-spice powder; beat at low speed until mixture starts to hold together; stir in ginger.
- Knead dough slightly until it is easy to shape.
- Divide dough in half; shape each half into 6-inch log.
- Wrap each in plastic food wrap.
- Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm.
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Cut each log into 24 equal slices with serrated knife using sawing motions.
- Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets, patting into shape if necessary.
- Bake 8-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
- Cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar and water in bowl until smooth.
- Spread glaze in thin layer over each cookie.
- Let stand 5 minutes or until set.
- Add food color to melted candy coating; mix until tinted.
- Spoon into bottom of small resealable plastic food bag; cut off small end of corner.
- Pipe tree shape on top of each glazed cookie by squeezing coating through hole.
- Let stand until set.
butter, sugar, egg, flour, crystallized ginger, powdered sugar, water, color, vanillaflavored
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1678/spiced-ginger-shortbread-rounds (may not work)