Spring Sugar Cookie Bars

This recipe for spring sugar cookie bars layers almonds, chocolate, strawberry, apricot, and peach preserves over an easy cookie dough crust.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 19 mins
• Total Time: 29 mins
• Calories: 195 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup almonds
• ½ teaspoon honey
• cooking spray
• 1 (16.5 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 2 ½ teaspoons apricot preserves
• 2 ½ teaspoons peach preserves
• 2 teaspoons strawberry preserves
• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking sheet lightly with cooking spray.

Step 2

Press cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove crust and let cool, about 5 minutes. Leave oven on.

Step 4

Spread almonds onto a baking sheet.

Step 5

Toast in the preheated oven until almonds start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool briefly and chop into desired size.

Step 6

Mix apricot preserves, peach preserves, strawberry preserves, and honey together in a bowl. Spread over the cookie dough in the pan. Spread almonds lightly over preserves.

Step 7

Melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each melting, 1 to 3 minutes. Drizzle melted chocolate over almonds. Let chocolate set, about 5 minutes. Cut into bars.