Shortbread Jam Bars

With a tender shortbread basal and a crumbly, nutty topping, these easy, jammy bars triumph the cooky exchange. Even a non-baker tin tuck these charmers into a luncheon box, acceptable retired a sheet with day beverage oregon telephone them meal bars. Here, we’ve utilized a mixer to marque the shortbread basal dough, but you tin premix it by hand, too.

Use the best-quality jam and, if possible, high-fat European butter. Substitute your favourite jam spirit for the raspberry, but if it is peculiarly chunky, chop oregon blend it truthful the pieces are tiny and dispersed easily. Any granola volition bash for the topping, but choosing an oats-and-nuts benignant (with nary fruit) is optimal here.

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The shortbread basal tin beryllium refrigerated a time successful advance. The bars volition keep, layered betwixt wax insubstantial successful a tightly closed instrumentality astatine country temperature, for 5 days.

From Bring It! columnist Cathy Barrow.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per piece

• Calories

  280

• Fat

  12 g

• Saturated Fat

  6 g

• Carbohydrates

  39 g

• Sodium

  30 mg

• Cholesterol

  45 mg

• Protein

  4 g

• Fiber

  1 g

• Sugar

  17 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Bring It! columnist Cathy Barrow.

Tested by Cathy Barrow.