Gingerbread Toast - flour

Method

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, crystallized ginger, ground ginger and cinnamon.
• In a separate bowl beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla and eggs.
• Stir in the flour mixture and nuts.
• Divide the dough in half and shape each half into 12x2" strips on a foil-lined baking sheet, smooth the surface.
• Brush each with milk; then sprinkle wiht sugar.
• Bake 18-20 minutes.
• Remove and reduce temperature to 300.
• Let strips cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Place the strips on a cutting board and use a serrated knife to cut each strip crosswise on the diagonal into 1/2 in thick slices.
• Place slices on the baking sheet and bake 10 minutes, Turn the slices and bake 10 more minutes.
• Turn off the heat and allow the toasts to cool in the oven, leaving the door slightly open.