Apricot Almond Shortbread Bars
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
Yields: 50 bars
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄3 cups blanched almonds, toasted and chopped fine (to toast almonds, bake in preheated 350 oven 10 minutes, cool.)
- 1 (10 ounce) jar apricot preserves
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Beat butter and sugar in mixer bowl until fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolks and vanilla and almond extracts.
- Mix in flour and toasted almonds until the mixture forms a soft dough.
- Divide dough in half.
- Press one half into 15x10-inch jellyroll pan.
- Spread evenly with preserves.
- Cover completely with remaining dough (flatten pieces with hands and carefully patch on top of preserve layer).
- Bake 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Cut into 3x1-inch bars.
- Can be made ahead.
- Wrap and freeze up to 1 month.
- Thaw wrapped at room temperature.
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