Cookies with Ginger-orange Filling

Dough:

•325 g all-purpose flour

•125 g sugar

•1 pinch salt

•150 g butter, cold, cut into small cubes

•zest of one lemon

•1 egg

•50 g candied ginger, finely chopped

Filling:

•75 g candied ginger, finely chopped

•75 g almond paste

•1 tbsp.  orange jam

Directions:

Line baking dish with baking paper. Preheat oven to 175°C / 350°F. Pour flour, sugar, salt, butter, egg, lemon zest and ginger into a bowl. With your hands, quickly prepare a dough. Wrap in cling film and let rest in the fridge for at least two hours.

In the meantime you can prepare the filling by whisking together ginger, almond paste and orange jam using a hand mixer.  On a floured surface, roll dough with a rolling pin until about 2mm / 0.07 inch thick. Using your favorite cookie cutter, cut the cookies.

With a knife spread filling on one cookie and cover with another one. You can press them a bit together so they stick to each other tightly. Place filled cookies on the baking dish and bake for about 10 minutes. They should barely become golden. Beware of over baking, they are so delicious if you get them out right on the spot.

NOTE: As you can see in the picture, mine got a bit brown on their bottoms, which is a bit too much, but I blame it on my oven.

Recipe Source: http://www.minimalista.org/bake/2011/01/cookies-with-ginger-orange-filling/