Ginger Sand Dollar

Name: Ginger Sand Dollar
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; 3 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 cups self-rising flour; 1/2 cup crystallized candied ginger, finely chopped; Colored sanding sugar or turbinado sugar; Slivered almonds

8 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup crystallized candied ginger, finely chopped
Colored sanding sugar or turbinado sugar
Slivered almonds

Directions

1

Beat butter and 2 cups sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Stir in vanilla. Gradually add flour to butter mixture, beating well at low speed until blended. Stir ginger into batter.
2

Sprinkle sugar on wax paper. Shape dough into 2 (6 1/2-inch) logs on sugar; roll logs in sugar. Wrap each log in wax paper, and chill 4 hours. (Freeze dough in zip-top plastic freezer bags up to 1 month, if desired. Thaw 10 minutes before slicing.)
3

Cut logs into slices, sprinkle each with sugar, and arrange 5 slivered almonds in a star design to resemble sand dollars.
4

Bake, in batches, at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Let cool on pans 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks, and let cool completely.
5

Note: Bake time is per batch.