Almond pear shortbread bars

jessicadpaxton
jessicadpaxton @jessicaDP
Austin, Texas

Mom gave me some pears which I never eat because of the grainy texture..so bam! This happened. So delicious!

Almond pear shortbread bars

Mom gave me some pears which I never eat because of the grainy texture..so bam! This happened. So delicious!

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Ingredients

  1. Crust
  2. 1/2 cupunsalted butter, softened
  3. 1 1/4 cupflour
  4. 1/4 cupsugar
  5. 1/2 cupchopped almonds
  6. 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  7. Filling
  8. 4 1/2 cupsdiced pears
  9. 2 tablespoonssugar
  10. 1/4 teaspooncinnamon
  11. 3 teaspoonscornstarch
  12. Crumble topping
  13. 1/2 cupunsalted butter, softenend
  14. 1 cupflour
  15. 1/4 cupgranulated sugar
  16. 1/4 cupbrown sugar
  17. 1 teaspooncinnamon
  18. 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  19. 1/2 cupchopped almonds

Cooking Instructions

  1. 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. 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. 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. 4

    Stir together pears, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch

  5. 5

    Mix the topping ingredients together just as you did for the crust. It will be crumbly.

  6. 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. 7

    Cool in pan completely before using foil to lift out.

  8. 8

    Slice and serve.

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