Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup (unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup Blood Orange Jam (recipe HERE)
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, or the seeds of 1 vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla extract.
  • milk or cream to thin

Instruction

  • Set oven to 350F. Lightly spray and line a 9x9 square baking pan with parchment paper with long ends so that you can lift the cooled bars out for easier cutting. This is optional.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until well combined and fluffy.
  • Blend in the salt and vanilla. Add the flour gradually and mix until just combined. There should be no more dry flour left, but the mixture will be crumbly.
  • Take approximately 2/3 of the dough and pat it into the bottom of the pan. I like to drop crumbles of the dough all over the bottom to distribute it before I start patting it down, this helps get the bottom covered evenly.
  • Spread the jam evenly over the dough. Using your fingertips, crumble the remaining dough over the jam.
  • Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the bars are just starting to turn golden.
  • If you are glazing the bars, let them cool completely before glazing.
  • To make the glaze, whisk the sugar and vanilla with enough milk or cream to get a glaze consistency. Drizzle liberally over the cooled bars.