Layered Custard Bars

Recipes Ingredients:

1 c Flour
2 Eggs
1/8 ts Salt
1/2 c Pourable fruit, peach
8 tb Butter; cold
1 tb Butter; nelted
2 tb Liqueur, almond
1/4 c Almonds, sliced
16 oz Peaches, canned, no sugar
1/4 ts Cinnamon, ground

Recipe Instructions:

For pourable fruit, you may substitute 6 tb Peach Fruit Spread combined with 2 tb warm water. If almond liqueur is unavailable, you may substitute 2 tb apple Juice concentrate AND 1/2 ts almond extract. Preheat Oven to 350. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in Butter with pastry Blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add liqueur; mix well. Press dough evenly onto bottom of 8" square Baking pan. Bake 15 minutes, until set. Arrange peaches evenly over partially baked crust; if using Fruit halves, cut into slices first. Combine eggs and pourable fruit; mix until well blended. Pour evenly over peaches; set aside. Melt butter; add almonds and cinnamon and mix lightly. Sprinkle almond mixture evenly over Egg mixture. Bake 20-25 minutes, until almonds are golden brown and custard is set. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into bars. Serve at room temperature or chilled. Refrigerate leftover bars. Nutrition information per bar: 272 calories, 3 gm protein, 20 gm carbohydrate, 20 gm fat, 66% of calories from fat, 59 mg cholesterol, 132 mg sodium, 2/3 Diabetic starch/bread exchange, 2 Diabetic fat exchange, 2/3 Diabetic Fruit exchange. Source: "Sugar-Free Desserts," the December 1992 issue of _Favorite All-Time Recipes_ magazine MM by Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, GT Cookbook echo moderator at net/node 004/005