Spring Sugar Cookie Bars

Name: Spring Sugar Cookie Bars
Ingredients: cooking spray; 1 (16.5 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough; 1/2 cup almonds; 2 1/2 teaspoons apricot preserves; 2 1/2 teaspoons peach preserves; 2 teaspoons strawberry preserves; 1/2 teaspoon honey; 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, or more to taste

8 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking sheet lightly with cooking spray.
2

Press cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
3

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove crust and let cool, about 5 minutes. Leave oven on.
4

Spread almonds onto a baking sheet.
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.
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.
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.