Almonds Orange and carrot bars
From ahmed1 16 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 36
An out-of-this-world cookie version of the ever-popular carrot cake, these flavorsome, moist bars are best eaten fresh or stored in the refrigerator after making.
Ingredients
- 75g/3oz/6tbsp butter, softened shopping list
- 50g/2oz/ ¼ cup caster sugar shopping list
- 150g/5oz/ 1 ¼ cups plain flour shopping list
- finely grated rind of 1 orange shopping list
- For the filling shopping list
- 90g/3 ½ oz/7 tbsp unsalted butter, diced shopping list
- 75g/3 oz/ ½ cup caster sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- ½ tsp almond extract shopping list
- 175g/6oz/1 ½ cups ground almonds shopping list
- 1 cooked carrot, coarsely grated shopping list
- For the topping shopping list
- 175g/6 oz/ ¾ cup cream cheese shopping list
- ¾ cup caster sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp milk shopping list
- 2-3 tbsp chopped pecans shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Lightly grease a 11x7in shallow baking tin. Put the butter,caster sugar, flour and orange rind into a bowl and rub together until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add water, a teaspoon at a time to mix to a firm but not sticky dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and use to line the base of the tin.
- To make the filling, cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in the eggs and almond extract. Stir in the ground almonds and the grated carrot. Spread the mixture over the dough base and bake for about 25 minutes until firm in the center and golden brown. Leave to cool in the tin.
- To make the topping, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy, add the milk and spread over the cooled filling. Sprinkle with the chopped pecans. Cut into bars with a sharp knife.
greased tin
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Base mix.
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Rub with fingertips
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Breadcrumbs look
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add water
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gathered
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rolled
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Transfered to tin
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lined
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cooking carrot 20min
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grated
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make filling 1
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add eggs 2
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almonds and carrot 3
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fold 4
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spread 5
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baked 6
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make tooping 1
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spread
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sprinkle pecans
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cutting
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couldn't wait to taste!!
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The Rating
Reviewed by 16 people-
Perfect as usual Ahmed! Love the combonation of flavors. I can't resist anything almond! Thanks, and my 5 to you.
grandmommy
in Nashville loved it
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Ooohhhh.... what a combination!Sounds delish, must try!
gardener61
in Woolwich loved it
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Looks and sounds absolutely perfect! I love your way of creating. Who would have thought that a carrot cake could be a bar aswell. Great recipe and the pictures are awesome!
liezel
in Bloemfontein loved it
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