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Apple
Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/4 cup
all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup
powdered sugar
- 1 1/4 cup
ground almonds
- 1 cup
butter
- 5
tablespoons lemon curd
Topping
- 1 large
red apple
- 1/3 cup
brown sugar; (packed)
- 1/3 cup
butter; softened
- 1 1/2 cup
all-purpose flour; sifted
- 1
teaspoon ground allspice
- sugar for
sprinkling
Method
Preheat oven to 350 F.
To make base, sift flour and powdered sugar into a medium size bowl. Mix
in almonds.
Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse
crumbs.
Mix together gently to form a soft dough.
Roll out on a floured surface to a rectangle slightly smaller than a
13" x 9" baking pan.
Place rolled out dough in pan and press to fit. Smooth
top; prick well. Spread lemon curd over base. Refrigerate
while making topping. To make topping, coarsely grate apple; squeeze dry
using paper towels.
Put in a small bowl, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles
fine bread crumbs.
Mix in allspice, apple and remaining brown sugar. Sprinkle
evenly over lemon curd, pressing lightly into curd.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in
pan. When cool, cut in 30 pieces. Sprinkle with
sugar.
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