Mavis’s Ginger Shortbread

Ingredients
8 oz/230 gm butter
1/2 cup sifted icing sugar
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon ginger
pieces of crystallised ginger

Method
Start with the butter at room temperature, then cream the butter and sugar and add the sifted flour and ginger. Work the mixture into a ball and roll out to a thickness of 5mm. To prevent the dough sticking a good tip is to roll it between 2 sheets of baking paper. Cut into shapes and press in one or more pieces of ginger (sliced to a suitably small size). Bake at 275 F/140 C for 15 – 20 minutes (if you are using a fan-forced oven then you will need to lower the temperature by up to 10 degrees centigrade and/or adjust the time). Leave to cool on a rack and then store in an air-tight container.