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Blood Orange Crumble Bars
Blood orange crumble bars feature a sweet blood orange jam filling in a buttery shortbread crumble dough ~ they're fabulous!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 12 bars
Calories: 342 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup (unsalted butter at room temperature
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
filling
- 1 cup Blood Orange Jam recipe HERE
optional glaze
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, or the seeds of 1 vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- milk or cream to thin
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F. Lightly spray and line a 9x9 square baking pan with parchment paper with long ends so that you can lift the cooled bars out for easier cutting. This is optional.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until well combined and fluffy.
- Blend in the salt and vanilla. Add the flour gradually and mix until just combined. There should be no more dry flour left, but the mixture will be crumbly.
- Take approximately 2/3 of the dough and pat it into the bottom of the pan. I like to drop crumbles of the dough all over the bottom to distribute it before I start patting it down, this helps get the bottom covered evenly.
- Spread the jam evenly over the dough. Using your fingertips, crumble the remaining dough over the jam.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the bars are just starting to turn golden.
- If you are glazing the bars, let them cool completely before glazing.
- To make the glaze, whisk the sugar and vanilla with enough milk or cream to get a glaze consistency. Drizzle liberally over the cooled bars.
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Notes
- Normally I love my bars with a glaze of some sort, but with these I found I preferred them without.
- Store these bars at room temperature covered loosely in foil. Plastic wrap will make them damp.
Nutrition Information
Calories
342kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
50g
(17%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
41mg
(14%)
Sodium
59mg
(2%)
Potassium
43mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
30g
(60%)
Vitamin A
513IU
(10%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
12mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 342
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 342kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 41mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 59mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 43mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 30g | 60% |
| Vitamin A | 513IU | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.