Glazed Apple Butter Shortbread Bars

Glazed Apple Butter Shortbread Bars could be just the lacto ovo vegetarian recipe you've been looking for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 152 calories. This recipe serves 20 and costs 23 cents per serving. If you have apple butter, powdered sugar, nutmeg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is liked by 135 foodies and cooks. It works best as a hor d'oeuvre, and is done in about 30 minutes. It is brought to you by Inside BruCrew Life. With a spoonacular score of 15%, this dish is not so outstanding. Similar recipes include Butterscotch-Glazed Coffee Shortbread Bars, Peanut Butter Caramel Shortbread Bars {millionaire bars}, and Butter Shortbread Bars.

Servings: 20

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

Cooking duration: 11 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Musselman's Apple Butter

2 ounces white baking chocolate, melted

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

2 Tablespoons melted butter

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 1/2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 cup powdered sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Equipment:

baking sheet

aluminum foil

oven

frying pan

pizza cutter

wire rack

spatula

whisk

ziploc bags

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick baking spray. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the apple butter and vanilla and beat again. Stir together the salt, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Slowly add to the butter mixture until dough forms. Place the dough on the prepared pan. Press the dough out evenly into a 9x11 rectangle. Bake for 11-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and use a pizza cutter to cut the warm cookie into 20 even rectangles. Let cool for a few minutes on the pan, then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely. Whisk together the apple butter, butter, and powdered sugar. Use a spatula to spread the frosting evenly on the tops of the cooled cookies. Place the melted white chocolate in a plastic bag and cut one tip off. Drizzle over the tops of the frosting. Let sit until the frosting hardens. Store in a tightly sealed container. Makes 20 bars.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick baking spray. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy.

2. Add the apple butter and vanilla and beat again. Stir together the salt, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Slowly add to the butter mixture until dough forms.

3. Place the dough on the prepared pan. Press the dough out evenly into a 9x11 rectangle.

4. Bake for 11-12 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven and use a pizza cutter to cut the warm cookie into 20 even rectangles.

6. Let cool for a few minutes on the pan, then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.

7. Whisk together the apple butter, butter, and powdered sugar. Use a spatula to spread the frosting evenly on the tops of the cooled cookies.

8. Place the melted white chocolate in a plastic bag and cut one tip off.

9. Drizzle over the tops of the frosting.

10. Let sit until the frosting hardens. Store in a tightly sealed container. Makes 20 bars.


Nutrition Information:

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152k Calories
2g Protein
7g Total Fat
20g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
152k
8%

Fat
7g
11%

  Saturated Fat
4g
29%

Carbohydrates
20g
7%

  Sugar
7g
8%

Cholesterol
15mg
5%

Sodium
81mg
4%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
4%

Manganese
0.25mg
12%

Vitamin B1
0.13mg
9%

Selenium
5µg
8%

Folate
29µg
7%

Iron
1mg
7%

Copper
0.12mg
6%

Vitamin B2
0.08mg
5%

Vitamin B3
0.97mg
5%

Fiber
0.98g
4%

Vitamin A
177IU
4%

Magnesium
13mg
3%

Phosphorus
30mg
3%

Zinc
0.39mg
3%

Potassium
45mg
1%

Vitamin E
0.19mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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