Chai Bars
By: Kate
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:11am

Ingredients




1/2 cup brown sugar
cup ½  white sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 pinch salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
teaspoon ¾  cloves
teaspoon ¾  ground cardamom
teaspoon ¼  black pepper
teaspoon ¼  ground star anise

Preparation

1 Mix butter and sugars in a mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.  Add egg and mix well.  Add flour, spices and salt, and stir until the mixture is thoroughly combined.  Press into a 9X12 baking pan that has been greased with Baker’s Joy (or buttered and floured) and smooth with a spatula until the dough is even and flat.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until the cookies are a pale golden brown.  Let cool. 2 For the icing: 3 Mix 2 T honey, 1 t ground ginger, and 1 c. powdered sugar together in a bowl.  Add water until the icing is at a spreadable consistency, and spread over the cooled cookies.  Cut with a pastry cutter or pizza wheel.

About


 It will take several hours for the icing to become firm enough to transport, so plan accordingly.