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

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 

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