Gingerbread Toast

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup minced crystallized ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup blanched toasted coarsely chopped almonds
• 2 teaspoons milk
• sugar, for topping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 combine flour, baking powder, salt, crystallized ginger, ground ginger and cinnamon.
• 3 in a separate bowl beat butter and sugar until fluffy. beat in vanilla and eggs. stir in the flour mixture and nuts.
• 4 divide the dough in half and shape each half into 12x2" strips on a foil-lined baking sheet, smooth the surface.
• 5 brush each with milk; then sprinkle wiht sugar.
• 6 bake 18-20 minutes. remove and reduce temperature to 300.
• 7 let strips cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 8 place the strips on a cutting board and use a serrated knife to cut each strip crosswise on the diagonal into 1/2 in thick slices.
• 9 place slices on the baking sheet and bake 10 minutes, turn the slices and bake 10 more minutes.
• 10 turn off the heat and allow the toasts to cool in the oven, leaving the door slightly open.