Yummy Fruitcake Bars | Lazy Cooking

Ingredients

• ***For the boozy fruit:***
• 1 cup mixed dried fruit, such as apricots, cranberries, cherries, raisins, and/or currants, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup brandy or rum
• ***For the shortbread base:***
• 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• ***For the fruitcake topping:***
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar, loosely packed
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup packaged baking mixed peel
• 1/2 cup glacè cherries or candied cherries, cut in half
• 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped