
Ginger nut cookies

Photo by Tamara West
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Make a batch of cookie dough to cook now or keep in the freezer for fresh home-made biscuits when you need them.
Ingredients
100 g | Unsalted butter |
50 g | Caster sugar |
2 tsp | Ground ginger |
¼ tsp | Ground cinnamon |
70 g | Hazelnuts, toasted, shelled, roughly chopped |
1 pinch | Salt |
140 g | High grade flour |
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add ginger, cinnamon and hazelnuts.
- Fold in sifted flour and salt and gently mix to a firm cookie dough.
- Press dough into a long even sized log on a sheet of baking paper. Wrap and refrigerate until hard. Store in the fridge for up to 10 days, or freeze and slice as needed.
- To cook, slice log into individual cookies approximately 1cm thick, lay out on baking paper on a baking tray and bake at 180C for 10-15 minutes until golden. Cool and store in an airtight container.
- To serve, add a little ground ginger to icing sugar and dust over cookies.
Makes plenty.
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http://www.bite.co.nz/recipe/9039/Ginger-nut-cookies/
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