One of the reasons I love the summer is his fruits! But I like to cook them during the rest of the year, as i do with these bars that are stuffed with jam and dried apricots.
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Ingredients
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- 350 gr dried apricots ,
- 280 gr apricot jam ,
- 1 tsp. natural lemon juice ,
- 170 gr flour, for all uses ,
- 150 gr liquid black sugar ,
- 40 gr oats ,
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice ,
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, grated ,
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated ,
- ¼ teaspoon salt ,
- 120 gr cream cheese ,
- 60 gr butter, cold cut into pieces
Instructions
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- Preheat the oven to 180 °C. ,
- Butter a 22 cm square baking pan. ,
- Cut the dried apricots into small pieces and transfer them to a saucepan along with 170 ml water. Boil them until they absorb almost all of the water. ,
- Remove from heat, add jam, lemon juice and mix. ,
- In a large bowl, mix flour, black sugar, oatmeal, lemon zest, cinnamon, ginger and salt. ,
- Add the cream cheese and butter and mix with a fork or hand mixer, until the mixture looks like wet sand. ,
- From this mixture keep about 200 gr. aside. ,
- Then add to the rest of the mixture 1 teaspoon of water and continue to beating until we have a dough ball. ,
- Put the dough in the pan and press by hand to go everywhere. ,
- Then press it with the bottom of a glass and bake for 15 minutes. Beware, because it shouldn't go brown. ,
- Remove the pan from the oven and spread the mixture with the apricots. ,
- On top, spread the mixture that was left aside, leaving small gaps. ,
- Return the baking pan to the oven and bake for another 35 minutes. ,
- Then remove it from the oven and allow it to come to room temperature. ,
- Once cooled, cut the bars and serve.
