APRICOT ALMOND BUTTER BARS

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Categories     Cookies     Egg     Dessert     Bake     Quick & Easy

Yield Makes 18 hungry child treats or 36 elegant bars

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup cold butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tbls candied ginger (chopped)
2 cups flour
1 cup apricot jam
1 cup chopped or slivered almonds

Steps:

  • slice butter into 8 pieces and put into food processor with sugar, egg, and ginger. Process with on/off pulse until blended. Press 3/4 of batter into a cooking spray or buttered 9x13 pyrex dish and spread with jam, crumble remaining batter over jam and sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes in a convection oven or 30 minutes in a regular oven until lightly browned. Cut into diamonds or squares when cool.

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