Bake Off

If youre in the mood to bake, you can whip up a cavalcade of gifts this
winter. You cant go wrong with some dead easy lemon ginger shortbread.

1cup(2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/2cupsugar
1/4teaspoonsalt
Grated
zest from 1 lemon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 1/4cupsall-purpose
flour

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
2.
In a mixer, combine the butter, sugar and salt. Beat until light and
fluffy. Blend in the lemon zest, ground ginger and flour until smooth.
Press into pan.
3. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden. Cut into 9
squares and cut each square into 2 triangles.
4. Let cookies stand on
a rack until cool.
5. Wrap in greaseproof paper and tie with a bow.