Recipe For Cooking Candied Ginger-Cardamom Bars

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Candied Ginger-Cardamom Bars

Source: Bon Appetit - December 2002

Makes approximately 24

Nonstick canola oil spray
2 C. flour
1 C. sugar
1 1/2 tea. ground cardamom
1 tea. ground cinnamon
1/2 tea. salt
1 C. (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-in. cubes
1 lrg. egg, beaten to blend
3/4 C. finely chopped crystallized ginger (about 4 1/2 oz.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9-in. square baking pan with nonstick spray.

Blend flour, sugar, cardamom, cinnamon and salt in processor. Add butter; using on/off turns, process until coarse meal forms. Add 2 Tbsp. beaten egg; blend until moist crumbs form. Add ginger. Using on/off turns, process until moist clumps form.

Press dough evenly over bottom of prepared pan. Brush remaining beaten egg over dough. Using sm. sharp knife, score top of dough with diagonal lines spaced 1 in. apart. Repeat in opposite direction, forming lattice pattern. Bake until pastry is golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 min. Transfer to rack; cool completely in pan. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)

Cut pastry square into 3 long rectangles. Cut each rectangle crosswise into 8 rectangular bars, making 24 bars total.