Shortbread and Dried Fruit Bars!!!
Ingredients
For Shortbread Crust you will need:
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup AP flour
½ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For Dried Fruit Bar filling you will need:
1 cups dried apricots
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1/3 cup mixed berry marmalade
Handful of chopped walnuts
Handful of dark chocolate morsels
1 tablespoon honey
Preparation
1
Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
2
Line the button and sides of a baking dish with foil.
3
Combine all ingredients needed for the shortbread crust and pressed down on the button of the prepared dish. Bake for about 20-25 minutes of until edges are slightly golden.
4
In a small saucepan, boil dried apricots with water and sugar. Remove from heat, let cool and then finely chop apricots.
5
In a small bowl, mixed together the apricots with the berry marmalade, walnuts, chocolate and honey. Spread over the shortbread crust and set aside.
6
Repeat the directions for the Shortbread crust.
7
Cover the berry mixture with another shortbread crust. Pat down and bake once more for about 20-25 minutes.
8
Let cool completely on a cooling rack before serving. Enjoy!!
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Added:
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 12:08pm
