CANDIED GINGER CARDAMOM BARS

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 -inch cubes
1 egg, beaten, divided use
3/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Blend flour, sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and salt in food processor. Add butter, using pulses until coarse meal forms. Add 2 tablespoons of the beaten egg; blend until moist crumbs form. Stir in ginger.

Press dough evenly in pan. Brush with remaining egg. Using a sharp knife, score top of dough in a diamond pattern.

Bake about 40 minutes. Cool completely.

When cool, cut into three long rectangles, then into 8 pieces each.

Makes 24 bars
Source: Bon Appetit magazine