Recipe: Yummy Almond pear shortbread bars

Almond pear shortbread bars. Pear Almond Shortbread Bars. by: drbabs. Place rack in center of oven. Bowl, Combine flour, sugar, butter, egg Yolk And almond extract.

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Ingredients of Almond pear shortbread bars

1. Prepare of Crust.
2. You need 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened.
3. You need 1 1/4 cup of flour.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped almonds.
6. It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
7. Prepare of Filling.
8. Prepare 4 1/2 cups of diced pears.
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of sugar.
10. You need 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
11. You need 3 teaspoons of cornstarch.
12. You need of Crumble topping.
13. You need 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softenend.
14. It's 1 cup of flour.
15. It's 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
16. Prepare 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
17. You need 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
18. You need 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
19. It's 1/2 cup of chopped almonds.

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Almond pear shortbread bars instructions

1. Line a 9×9” pan with foil and grease with butter. Cooking sprays are the devil..in my opinion. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Prepare the crust by slowly mixing all the crust ingredients in a large bowl using a pastry cutter or fork. The mixture will be crumbly. Press the crust in the prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes..
3. If pears are ripe and soft - Core and diced. If pears are tougher you will need to par cook them by doing the following: place the diced pears in a medium saucepan. Fill the pan with water so that half the pears are covered. Cook over medium heat, bringing to a boil then simmering for about 5 minutes until the pears just start to turn semi-translucent. Drain very well..
4. Stir together pears, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch.
5. Mix the topping ingredients together just as you did for the crust. It will be crumbly..
6. Remove the hot crust from the oven. Sprinkle the pears carefully on top (make sure they are well drained first – do not add any of the extra liquid!), then sprinkle with the topping. Bake for an additional 35-45 minutes until the crumble topping starts to brown..
7. Cool in pan completely before using foil to lift out..
8. Slice and serve..

For the shortbread bars: Add the flour, baking powder and salt to a bowl. Whisk to incorporate and then whisk in the ground almond and sugar mixture. Remove the shortbread from the pan and cut into squares. Dust with powdered sugar and serve. Almond shortbread bars make for a lovely tasty freshly baked snack recipe with a delectable taste of almonds.