A favorite for peanut lovers – with a rich peanutty filling over a shortbread base. Top each square with a whole peanut to make them fancy.
Nut Shortbread Bars
Rich bars with a shortbread crust, peanut filling and peanut butter icing.
Ingredients
Base:
- 1/3 cup butter softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
Filling:
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup salted peanuts coarsely chopped
- 1 cup shredded coconut
Peanut Butter Icing:
- 2 cups icing confectioners' sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons hot water approx
Instructions
Base:
- Combine butter, sugar and flour. Mix by hand or in food processor until crumbly. Pat into a greased 8 inch square pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned at 350 degrees F. Remove from oven and reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
Filling:
- In a medium mixer bowl, beat eggs. Add flour, baking powder and vanilla.
- Stir in brown sugar, peanuts and coconut.
- Spread filling over the base. Bake at 325 degrees F. for about 30 minutes, until set. Let cool and ice with peanut butter icing.
Peanut Butter Icing:
- Mix all ingredients until smooth and easy to spread, using as much hot water as necessary.
- Spread over cake filling. Cut into squares
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