Jam Shortbread Bars

Name: Jam Shortbread Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 4 h
Ingredients: 2 cups (4 sticks, or 480 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; 4 cups (480 g) all-purpose flour; 1 cup (120 g) confectioners’ sugar, plus more for dusting; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup (320 g) favorite jam or jelly; 1 cup (320 g) favorite jam or jelly

Preparation info

Yield:
24
bars

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
4 hr

Appears in

Sally's Cookie Addiction

By Sally McKenney

Published 2017

About

These shortbread bars come to life with just six ordinary ingredients. We skip rolling and shaping by simply pressing the dough into a baking pan and covering with jam. Have fun testing out different jam flavors. You might even use different flavors of jam for each half of the shortbread!

Ingredients

2 cups (4 sticks, or 480 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 9 × 13-inch (23 × 33 cm) baking pan with parchment paper, leaving enough overhang around the edges to easily lift out the shortbread. (I encourage using parchment so that you can easily remove the shortbread and not cut it w