Ginger Stars

Ingredients

• 20 g ginger (or 1 tsp ginger powder)
• 400 g wheat flour type 1050 (+ 2 tbsp for handling)
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 70 g whole cane sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• a pinch of salt
• 190 g cold butter
• 0.5 Vanilla bean
• 2 Eggs

Instructions

1. 1.

   Peel the ginger and finely chop it. Sift 400 g flour with baking powder onto a work surface. Mix sugar, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt and spread over the flour. Cut butter into small pieces and distribute on the flour mixture. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with a knife.

2. 2.

   Add vanilla seeds and ginger to the flour mix, beat eggs in the center. Quickly knead by hand into a smooth dough; add cold water if needed. Wrap dough in a damp kitchen towel and chill for 1 hour.

3. 3.

   After chilling, divide dough on a floured surface into two pieces, knead again. Roll out thinly, cut stars with various sized cutters, and place on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

4. 4.

   Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan 160 °C; gas 2–3) for 10–12 minutes until golden brown. Remove, lift from sheet with parchment, and cool.