Time once again for the Baked Sunday Mornings challenge. This group is baking it's way through Baked Explorations, the second amazing cook book by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. This month's offering are these sophisticated apricot bars. When reading the recipe, I wasn't really sure how rosemary and apricot would get along together...I love them both so I forged ahead.
Each step was not difficult but the apricot filling was very time intensive...but I think you could prepare both the crust and filling ahead of time if need be. The bars baked up and cut nicely.
The flavors truly compliment each other perfectly, the rosemary shortbread is fabulous on its own, with the sweet-tangy apricot filling and the buttery nutty crumb topping it a very tasty unique recipe and one that should be added to everyone's collection. For the recipe, and a look at what the other Baked participants did click here.
Happy Sunday!
Happy Fathers Day!
I love the crumbs in your photos! I was so surprised at how good these bars were because I wasn't sure of the flavor combination. This is a great recipe to add to our collection.
ReplyDeleteHappy Father's Day! Always good to have these holidays that need special treats. Your bars are beautiful and we also enjoyed the rosemary with the apricot flavors together...nice new thing to learn.
ReplyDeleteYour bars look wonderful! You did a great job on the photos! I really enjoyed the flavors in this bar…and will be baking them again! Enjoy your Sunday!
ReplyDeleteMost of us did wonder about the Rosemary , didnt we?
ReplyDeleteAnd i guess im still left wondering coz i used lavender instead of rosemary which i totally loved :-))))
I definitely wondered about the rosemary as well, but I was so glad I used it. It was my favorite part of these bars. I want to make shortbread with just rosemary next!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking bars! I love the flavors apricot and rosemary and was pleasantly surprised at how well they paired.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by how much I liked these, too! Yours look perfect!
ReplyDeleteYours look great. Hope everyone enjoyed the father's day treat.
ReplyDeletelove the look of your bars! i made them with pears, but your last paragraph makes me want to try them with apricots too :)
ReplyDeletegreat job! glad you like them as much i we did!
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