Bursting with orange flavor and even better when warm, these buttery bars will literally melt in your mouth. Enjoy the custard bars with a cup of soothing tea.
Ingredients
Crust
110g Plain flour
20g Almond meal
15g Icing sugar
zest from one orange
115g Butter, softened
Custard
100g Sugar
2 Large eggs (70g each)
¼ cup Fresh orange juice
zest from one orange
40g Plain flour
¼ tsp Baking powder
Instructions
reheat oven to 180C.
In a large bowl, combine flour, ground almonds, icing sugar and orange zest. Using a pastry blender (I used food processor), cut in butter until mixture is formed to a soft dough. Press evenly into the bottom of a 8 inch x 2 square (lined) baking pan.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until light browned.
In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, orange juice and zest. Combine plain flour and baking powder, add to sugar mixture, whisking to combine. Pour over crust.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until just set. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and decorate with a piece of mandarin orange on top.
Recipe by Honest Cooking at https://honestcooking.com/buttery-orange-squares/