The Walnut Orange Pie Bars have a delicious buttery shortbread crust and a rich sweet filling full of flavours. These nutty and gooey bars are perfect for the holidays or cold winter sundays.
Gooey Walnut Orange Pie Bars
These Walnut Orange Pie Bars are so perfect. They are sweet, crunchy, gooey and full of the all the classic flavors of a walnut pie. Every bite is a little happiness.
Servings 8 people
Equipment
- 1 square cake pan (30 cm x 40 cm/12 in x 16 in)
Ingredients
For the Shortbread (Pie) Crust
- 400 grams all-purpose flour
- 250 grams butter
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 5-6 tablespoons cold water
- pinch of salt
For the Walnut Orange Topping
- 300 grams walnut (no gratered, roughly chopped)
- 200 grams sugar
- 100 grams honey (I use linden honey but any honey or corn syrup is perfect.)
- 100 grams butter
- 5 grams candied orange peels (chopped)
- orange zest (from an orange)
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- Pulse flour and salt in a food processor to combine.
- Add butter and pulse until the mix has the texture of breadcrumbs.
- Add cold water over mixture. Pulse until become soft dough. Then dough is little crumbly but holds together when squeezed. If dough is too dry, add more 1-2 tablespoons water and pulse to combine.
- Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 190℃ (375°F).
- Line the square cake pan with a baking paper.
- Take the dough out of the fridge and roll out the dough.
- Put the dough in the prepared baking pan and press down into a level layer.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until just turning a light golden color at the edge.
- While the shortbread base bakes make the walnut orange topping. In a medium pan heat the sugar, honey and butter until they are disolved and combined. Do not bring it boil.
- Pour the mixture to a cold bowl and stir it for 2-3 minutes. Add the eggs, orange zest and diced candied orange peels and stir it well.
- Add the wanlut and mix it well once more.
- When the shortbread crust comes out from the oven pour the walnut orange topping over it and smooth.
- Bake for about 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool and cut it.