Irresistible Black Forest Bars
"These chocolate shortbread bars are a great way to use up sour cherry jam (if you happen to have that flavour on hand!) I use the Swiss Hero brand of red cherry jam to make these."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
40
ingredients
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Base
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
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Filling
- 3⁄4 cup sour cherry jam
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Topping
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1⁄3 cup cold butter
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
directions
- Line a 9" x 13" cake pan with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a bowl, beat the softened butter with sugar until fluffy.
- Sift the flour and cocoa over the top; stir until combined.
- Press into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the centre of a 350 degree F oven until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan on a rack.
- Spread the cooled base with the sour cherry jam.
- Whisk together the 1/2 cup of flour, 1/3 cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons cocoa powder.
- Cut in the cold butter until crumbly.
- Sprinkle over the jam.
- Bake in the centre of the oven, again at 350 degrees F, until firm to the touch, about 30 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan on a rack.
- Dust with icing sugar.
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Reviews
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I had really high hopes for this recipe...FINALLY a chocolate-cherry bar without the cream cheese layer. Unfortunately I found the result a bit dry, probably because the shortbread crust made up the majority of the bar. The cherry filling and topping were great, although in the future I will try using basic brownie recipe instead of this crust. Nice idea, though!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Irmgard
Canada
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