Rustic Nut Bars

Name: Rustic Nut Bars
Prep time: 3 d 3 h
Cook time: 3 d 3 h
Total time: 3 d 3 h
Yield: 64
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 552 milliliters all-purpose flour; 113 grams cup hazelnuts; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 158 milliliters mild honey; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 142 grams cup salted roasted shelled pistachios; 0 teaspoons salt; 170 grams cup salted roasted cashews; 118 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps 3/4 stick cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 237 milliliters whole almonds with skins (3 oz)

Rustic Nut Bars might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 104 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 64. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sugar, roasted cashews, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 75 hours.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Butter a 13- by 9-inch baking pan (2 inches deep) and line with 2 crisscrossed sheets of foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides. Butter foil.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt, then blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) until mixture resembles coarse meal with pea-size butter lumps.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Blender

Whisk

Add egg and stir with a fork (or pulse) until a ball begins to form.

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Egg

Turn out dough onto a work surface and divide into 4 portions. With heel of your hand, smear each portion once or twice in a forward motion. Gather dough together with scraper.

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Dough

Press dough evenly onto bottom (but not up sides) of baking pan and bake until edges are golden and begin to pull away from sides of pan, 15 to 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack, about 40 minutes.

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Dough

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Baking Pan

Oven

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Toast almonds and hazelnuts on separate sides of a shallow baking pan until fragrant and golden on the inside, 8 to 10 minutes. Rub hazelnuts in a kitchen towel to remove any loose skins (some skins may remain).

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Hazelnuts

Almonds

Toast

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Kitchen Towels

Baking Pan

Oven

Increase oven temperature to 375°F.

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Oven

Bring honey, brown sugar, and salt to a boil in a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then boil, without stirring, 2 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Honey

Sugar

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Add butter and cream and boil, stirring, 1 minute.

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Butter

Cream

Remove from heat and stir in all nuts until coated.

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Nuts

Spread mixture evenly over crust and bake until topping is caramelized and bubbling, 15 to 25 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a rack. Lift dessert out of pan using foil overhang and cut into 64 bars. Peel bars from foil.

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Crust