Recipe: Appetizing Almond pear shortbread bars

Almond pear shortbread bars. Place the sliced pears in single rows onto the crust, slightly overlapping them and covering the crust completely. Pour the filling over the pears. Sprinkle with sliced almonds, covering the filling as uniformly as possible.

Mom gave me some pears which I never eat because of the grainy texture.so bam! Add the egg, almond paste, and extract, and beat until well combined. In large mixer bowl, combine flour, sugar, butter, egg yolk and almond extract. You can have Almond pear shortbread bars using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Almond pear shortbread bars

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

In a medium saucepan, heat butter and cream until the butter melts. Stir in sugar and almond extract, whisking until smooth. (If it seems too thin, add a bit more sugar, and if it seems too thick, add a touch more cream.) Stir in the sliced almonds and pour the icing over the warm shortbread. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add in eggs and almond extract.

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..

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