Chocolate Truffle Bars – Act One Art

Name: Chocolate Truffle Bars – Act One Art
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour; 7/8 cup (3/4 cup+ 2 tablespoons) confectioner's sugar; 3/8 cup (1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons) unsweetened Dutch Process cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 12 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped; 2/3 cup heavy cream; 3 tablespoons Kirsch (for cherry bars), or Grand Marnier (for orange bars) or Chambord (for raspberry bars); 1/4 cup candied orange peel for orange bars; 1/4 -1/2 cup dried sour cherried macerated in cherry liqueur (or sour cherry juice) and chopped after maceration for the cherry bars; 1/4 - 1/2 cup raspberry jam for the raspberry bars

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Chocolate truffle bars are deceptively simple to make. Rich chocolate ganache tops a chocolate shortbread crust. Cut these into bars for a decadent dessert or into tiny squares and served as candy....

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
7/8 cup (3/4 cup+ 2 tablespoons) confectioner's sugar
3/8 cup (1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons) unsweetened Dutch Process cocoa
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
12 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
2/3 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons Kirsch (for cherry bars), or Grand Marnier (for orange bars) or Chambord (for raspberry bars)
1/4 cup candied orange peel for orange bars
1/4 -1/2 cup dried sour cherried macerated in cherry liqueur (or sour cherry juice) and chopped after maceration for the cherry bars
1/4 - 1/2 cup raspberry jam for the raspberry bars