FFT Organic Cherry Cabernet Quick & Easy Nutty Picnic Bars
Prep time: Less than 10 minutes (even with a glass of Cabernet in hand) Baking time: Approx.45 minutes
Ingredients: 3 cups Organic all purpose unbleached flour
1 cup packed Organic brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. organic cinnamon
2 sticks of butter
¼ tsp. organic cloves
¼ tsp. organic almond extract
2 jars Food For Thought Organic Cherry Cabernet Preserves
1 cup organic chopped almonds or pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon and cloves in Food processor. Next add butter and almond extract and pulse until mixture becomes crumbly. Remove 1 cup of this mixture and stir the nuts into it. Take remaining dough and press or roll out onto ungreased sheet pan. Spread the Cherry Cabernet preserves over the dough almost all the way out to the edges. Now crumble the nut mixture all over the top of the preserves. Bake until lightly browned on the edges and top. Cut into small bars when cool.
Eat, share with friends, and enjoy!
