Neapolitan Bars

Name: Neapolitan Bars
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apricot preserves; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 59 milliliters cherry preserves; 79 milliliters flaked coconut; 1 egg; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 drop green food coloring; 59 milliliters finely chopped maraschino cherries, patted dry; 1 drop red food coloring; 1 teaspoons rum extract; 1 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters miniature semisweet chocolate chips; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Neapolitan Bars a try. One serving contains 99 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 48. If you have apricot preserves, coconut, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour. Neapolitan Crispy Bars, Neapolitan Cream Cheese Bars, and Neapolitan Chocolate Chip Oreo Brownie Bars are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Line a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the paper and set aside.

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Baking Pan

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Bowl

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Divide dough in thirds. Tint one portion green and one portion red; leave the remaining portion white.

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Dough

Add chocolate chips to green portion, cherries to red portion and coconut and rum extract to white portion.

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Chocolate Chips

Rum Extract

Cherries

Coconut

Spread one portion into prepared pan.

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Spread

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

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Oven

Immediately invert onto a wire rack and remove waxed paper.

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Wire Rack

Place another wire rack on top and turn over. Cool completely. Repeat with remaining portions, preparing pan each time.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Place pink layer on a large piece of plastic wrap, about 30 in. long.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Spread with cherry preserves. Top with white layer and spread with apricot preserves. Top with green layer. Bring plastic over layers. Slide onto a baking sheet and set a cutting board on top to compress layers. Refrigerate overnight.

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Apricot Preserves

Cherry Preserves

Spread

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Cutting Board

Baking Sheet

With a sharp knife, trim 1/4 in. from each edge.

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Knife

Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.

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Ingredients

Servings:

59milliliters

apricot preserves 2teaspoons

baking powder 237milliliters

butter, softened 59milliliters

cherry preserves 79milliliters

flaked coconut 1

egg 591milliliters

all-purpose flour 1drop

green food coloring 59milliliters

finely chopped maraschino cherries, patted dry 1drop

red food coloring 1teaspoons

rum extract 1teaspoons

salt 79milliliters

miniature semisweet chocolate chips 237milliliters

sugar 1teaspoon

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Antipasti can be paired with Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. The Nomine Renard Brut with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 50 dollars per bottle.

Nomine Renard Brut

Citrus notes, white peach and butter biscuits, fresh and rich mouth, fruity and crispy with a mineral finish.Blend: 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier