cinnamon almond plum bars
(2 ratings)
Adapted from a Martha Stuart Recipe, these fruit bars are so super delicious! I love giving them away as gifts. While you can use any kind of jam or preserves you like, I think plum yields a unique sweet/tartness to the bars. Peach, apercot and strawberry all taste great with teh cinnamon. You can also double the recipe, place it in a larger 9 x 13 pan, and do two different flavors, espeically if you want to please a larger crowd.
(2 ratings)
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Ingredients For cinnamon almond plum bars
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1/2 cunsalted butter (1 stick)
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1 1/2 call purpose flour
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1/2 tspground cinnamon
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1/4 tspsalt
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1/4 tspbaking powder
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1/2 cbrown sugar, light
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1/4 cgranulated sugar
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1large egg yolk
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3/4 csliced almonds
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1/2 cplum preserves
How To Make cinnamon almond plum bars
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1Preheat oven to 350F.
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2Spray an 8-inch bakeing dish with canola spray.
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3In a bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.
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4In a mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars on high speed until light and fluffy; beat in egg yolk. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in almonds.
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5In a small bowl, whisk preserves to loosen. Stirring the preserves with a fork or a whisk will enable it to spread smoothly over the dough. You can microwave the preserves for a few seconds if it’s very sticky.
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6Gently press half of dough into bottom of prepared dish. With the back of a spoon, gently spread jam over dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border so the jam doesn’t stick to the sides of the pan. Sprinkle remaining dough over top all the way to the edges; press gently to form top layer.
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7Bake until top is golden, 25 to 30 minutes; cool completely in dish. Cut into bars with a serrated knife.
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