Shortbread and Dried Fruit Bars!!!
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 12:08pm

Ingredients




For Shortbread Crust you will need:
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup AP flour
½ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For Dried Fruit Bar filling you will need:
1 cups dried apricots
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1/3 cup mixed berry marmalade
Handful of chopped walnuts
Handful of dark chocolate morsels
1 tablespoon honey

Preparation

1 Preheat Oven 350 degrees: 2 Line the button and sides of a baking dish with foil. 3 Combine all ingredients needed for the shortbread crust and pressed down on the button of the prepared dish.  Bake for about 20-25 minutes of until edges are slightly golden. 4 In a small saucepan, boil dried apricots with water and sugar.  Remove from heat, let cool and then finely chop apricots. 5 In a small bowl, mixed together the apricots with the berry marmalade, walnuts, chocolate and honey.  Spread over the shortbread crust and set aside. 6 Repeat the directions for the Shortbread crust. 7 Cover the berry mixture with another shortbread crust.  Pat down and bake once more for about 20-25 minutes. 8 Let cool completely on a cooling rack before serving.  Enjoy!!