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Christmas squares| Fruit and nuts bar | Tutti frutti squares | candied shortbread | cookie bar | Christmas bars |fruits and nuts bars | cashew bars | baked fruit squares | fruit and nuts burfi | dry fruits and nuts burfi super easy, tasty fruit and nut bars. The best part of these Christmas bake is they just take less than 5 minutes to prepare the batter. We don’t need a whisk or electric mixer for the batter, all we need are a mixing bowl and a spatula.
Condensed milk - creates the magic to the squares
I love recipes based on condensed milk. It gives an amazing flavor to any recipe. This candied shortbread is all about condensed milk, dried fruits, and nuts flavor😊 if you are looking for sweets with minimal ingredients these cashew squares are perfect. Condensed milk gives richness and sweetness to the tutti frutti bite.
Can I make these dried fruits and nuts squares into Christmas shortbread cookies?
As I mentioned in the chocolate chip cookie, you can easily convert the squares into cookies. Drop a tablespoon of batter on a greased cookie sheet and bake them for 10 -12 mins until they turn slightly turn brown at the bottom. The cookie will be a little firm on the outside and softer in the center.
Will it taste like fudge ?
It is a soft-baked goodie but won't taste like white chocolate fudge. Somewhere between burfi and bar texture
How to get firm shortbread-like squares?
I have used an 8* 8 square pan for baking. For this quantity, it gives soft candied squares. If you prefer shortbread candied shortbread use a bigger pan. I have tried baking shortbread square with half of the mentioned quantity in the 8*8 square pan and it was towards the cookie texture. Alternatively, you can also spoon the batter for cookie
Can I use Whole wheat flour?
You can use wheat flour but the taste might slightly vary.
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Ingredients
- 1 can Condensed milk
- 155 grams 1+ 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 10 cashews
- 2 tablespoon raisins
- 2 tablespoon sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon raisins or dried cranberry
- 1/4 tutti frutti
Topping
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon tutti frutti
- 1 tablespoon crushed almonds
- 10 raisins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 320 F
- Line an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper and grease with butter spray
- In a mixing bowl add flour, cashews, raisins, almonds, and tutti frutti; mix well
- furthermore, add 1tbsp of raisins and condensed milk; mix well to make a lump free smooth batter
- Pour into the prepared baking pan and tap to remove air bubbles
- Sprinkle tutti frutti, raisins, and sliced almonds
- Bake on the center rack for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes
- Cut into squares and enjoy
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Notes
- Walnuts, pista, pecans, or any nuts of choice can be used
- Cranberry any dry fruit of your choice can be used
- For shortbread cookie-like texture use a bigger square pan
- Cardamom powder/vanilla extract can be used
- you can sprinkle; sugar
- squares stay good for 2 weeks
Ingredients:
1 can Condensed milk
155 grams (1+ 1/4 cup ) all-purpose flour
10 cashews
2 tablespoon raisins
2 tablespoon sliced almonds
1 tablespoon raisins or dried cranberry
1/4 tutti frutti
Topping:
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon tutti frutti
1 tablespoon crushed almonds
10 raisins
How to make Cashew Squares
- Preheat the oven to 320 F
- Line an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper and grease with butter spray
- In a mixing bowl add flour, cashews, raisins, almonds, and tutti frutti; mix well
- furthermore, add 1tbsp of raisins and condensed milk; mix well to make a lump free smooth batter
- Pour into the prepared baking pan and tap to remove air bubbles
- Sprinkle tutti frutti, raisins, and sliced almonds
- Bake on the center rack for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes
- Cut into squares and enjoy
nice recipe.