Peach Kiwi Shortbread Bars

I wanted a dessert to use an old peach, some kiwi, and some apples. I made a version of my Peach and Cherry Shortbread Bars.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (2 sticks or 8 ounces or 227 grams) cold unsalted butter
• 1 cup (7 ounces or 200 grams) white sugar
• 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking powder
• 359 gram (12 5/8) all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• dash of ginger (optional)
  
• dash allspice (optional)
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 large peach, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced (about 1/8-inch thick)
• 1 or 2 kiwis, peeled, and thinly sliced
• 1 medium apple, peeled, coed, and thinly sliced

 

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). 
2. Spray a 9×13 inch pan with cooking spray. 
3. In a stand mixer bowl or food processor, whisk the sugar, baking powder, flour, salt and spices together. 
4. Cut the butter into pea sized chunks.
5. Blend the butter and egg into the flour mixture into it forms large lumpy crumbs.
   
   
   
   
6. Pour 3/4 of the crumbs into the prepared pan, and pat and press in firmly.
   
   
   
   
7. Place fruit slices over crumb base.
   
8. Scatter remaining crumbs evenly over the fruit and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until the top is slightly brown and you can see some color around the edges.
   
9. Cool completely in pan before cutting into squares.

Carole's Notes:

These turned out really good.

The recipe is lightly adapted from https://carolelikesroundfood.blogspot.com/2017/08/peach-and-cherry-shortbread-bars.html which came from  https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/09/peach-shortbread/