LOVE this recipe! I make this every Christmas and my family and friends think it's a keeper. I saw it in the store and it looked like bricks of brown sugar. is candied ginger the same as crystallized ginger. I know this may seem like a silly question but I am not much of a cook so I really don't know the answer to this. Is the flour in the recipe plain or self-rising? for the frosting i do 4 oz warmed cream cheese 1/4 cup sugar and i add a teaspoon of lemon juice. Happy Holidaysįor this recipe i like to add fresh cranberries chopped up instead of dried, and i add about a teaspoon of lemon zest to the mix. Lisa: Crystallized Ginger and candied ginger is the same thing and can be used interchangeably. Unlike margarine, which is supposedly one molecule different than plastic.(Not good for health)!! "Indulging" in butter only makes good sense, it's real food. I have had the bars from Starbucks and they are better. Just finished making these bars and the crust is really hard and cookie consistency. I only 2 eggs and add orange zest to the batter and the frosting, Delish. I just made this today, and I'm and 11 year old kid! It is delicious and my whole family loved! I'm gonna make this recipe a LOT!!:) The taste and smell remind me of the holidays and stopping into Starbucks after shopping. Last year, they were charging over $3.00 a bar.
I like to go to Starbucks now just to see how much money I'm saving. I use minced ginger instead of ground ginger and I add a splash of pure orange extract or orange zest to the cream cheese icing. These are always a huge hit when I make them at Christmas time. Like others, I also add 1/2 teaspoon orange zest to the frosting. These are becoming a post-Thanksgiving tradition for us. Friends agreed - good recipe!ĭelicious! Almost as good as the real thing, but much cheaper in the end. It was time-consuming but these were almost, like 98%, as good as the real thing. I had an unstoppable craving for these the last few days. The only thing I would change about it is to put in less sugar. Thanks, it's now a Christmas staple at my house. This recipe was definitely superior to the actual Starbucks version! Perfect moistness and texture. I've made these every year for the last 4 years!Ībsolutely fantastic! Probably better than Starbucks and now we can have them anytime of year. I like to add a little lemon to the frosting. These are magical and perfect! There are several other recipes that claim to be just like Starbucks, but they are missing one key ingredient, the candied ginger!! I love these and make them every year. Next time, I will decrease the flour to 1 cup + 2 tablespoons. Click here to view the recipe.Ĭrust is a bit too firm following the recipe exactly. This recipe for Baked Goods was submitted by Mr Breakfast on.