Ginger Bar Cookies
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, April 5, 2010 - 6:25am

Ingredients




2 1/4 cups Unbleached flour
1/2 cup Light brown sugar - (packed)
1 tablespoon Ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 pch Salt
1 cup Unsalted butter - (2 sticks) cut ½" pieces,
and slightly softened
1/2 cup Finely chopped crystallized ginger

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2 Combine flour, brown sugar, ground ginger, baking powder and salt in mixing bowl. Add butter; cut in with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add crystallized ginger; stir with fork until blended. 3 With lightly floured fingertips, press dough in even layer into lightly buttered 13- by 9-inch baking pan. Bake on center rack until edges are lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Let cool in pan on wire rack before cutting into bars. 4 Wrap leftovers in foil and freeze or store at room temperature up to 1 week. 5 Yields 24 bars.