Almond pear shortbread bars. Pear Almond Shortbread Bars. by: drbabs. Place rack in center of oven. Bowl, Combine flour, sugar, butter, egg Yolk And almond extract. These shortbread bars are an easy baking recipe for butter shortbread. Heavenly Lemon Shortbread Bars. (Image credit: Emma Christensen).

Beat together the butter and powdered sugar in a stand mixer (or with a hand mixer) on medium. Now I'm a huge fan of the pear. I made Amanda's peach tart with pears, and in this recipe, played with my favorite lemon bar recipe (Alice Medrich's) to make pear shortbread cookies. You can cook Almond pear shortbread bars using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Almond pear shortbread bars

It's of Crust.
You need 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened.
Prepare 1 1/4 cup of flour.
Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
You need 1/2 cup of chopped almonds.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
It's of Filling.
Prepare 4 1/2 cups of diced pears.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of sugar.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
You need 3 teaspoons of cornstarch.
Prepare of Crumble topping.
You need 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softenend.
Prepare 1 cup of flour.
It's 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1/2 cup of chopped almonds.

I used King Arthur's White Whole Wheat flour, but unbleached white four will work, too. This recipe really plays up the almond flavor, but it's infinitely adaptable. Almond pear shortbread bars Mom gave me some pears which I never eat because of the grainy texture.so bam! Pear Almond Shortbread Bars. by: drbabs.

Almond pear shortbread bars step by step

Line a 9×9” pan with foil and grease with butter. Cooking sprays are the devil..in my opinion. Preheat oven to 350°F.
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..
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..
Stir together pears, sugars, cinnamon and cornstarch.
Mix the topping ingredients together just as you did for the crust. It will be crumbly..
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..
Cool in pan completely before using foil to lift out..
Slice and serve..

Place rack in center of oven. Bowl, Combine flour, sugar, butter, egg Yolk And almond extract. Almond shortbread bars make for a lovely tasty freshly baked snack recipe with a delectable taste of almonds. A recipe which dose not require any special baking skills, the almond shortbread bars are prepared by mixing together. And let's not forget about the almond slivers on top!