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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1 cup flour
1/8 tsp salt
8 tbsp butter, cold
2 tbsp liqueur, almond
16 oz peaches, canned, no sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup pourable fruit, peach
1 tbsp butter, nelted
1/4 cup almonds, sliced
1/4 tsp cinnamon, ground
Directions
For pourable fruit, you may substitute 6 tb peach fruit spread
combined with 2 tb warm water. If almond liqueur is unavailable, you
may substitute 2 tb apple juice concentrate AND 1/2 ts almond
extract. Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl.
Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Add liqueur; mix well. Press dough evenly
onto bottom of 8" square baking pan. Bake 15 minutes, until set.
Arrange peaches evenly over partially baked crust; if using fruit
halves, cut into slices first. Combine eggs and pourable fruit; mix
until well blended. Pour evenly over peaches; set aside. Melt
butter; add almonds and cinnamon and mix lightly. Sprinkle almond
mixture evenly over egg mixture. Bake 20-25 minutes, until almonds
are golden brown and custard is set. Cool completely on wire rack.
Cut into bars. Serve at room temperature or chilled. Refrigerate
leftover bars.
Servings: 12
Diet Layered Custard Bars Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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