Makes 16 squares
This delicious slice requires just a handful of pantry staples and is a great way to use up any excess dried fruit.
I don’t know why but I’ve been feeling really anxious lately. I’ve been self medicating my anxiety with books and lots of them but I’m still as anxious as ever. After some soul searching and deep breathing, I realised that maybe I just need to bake because everyone knows baking makes everything better.
I think baking is the activity for all occasions, I bake when I’m happy, I bake when I’m sad, I bake when I’m anxious and I bake when I’m mad. It’s taken me a while to get back into my baking groove this year for a number of reasons – lots of work, lots of Netflix and seriously hot weather. I was sure my increased anxiety completely correlated with my lack of baking so I decided to put my theory to the test and see if I could bake my anxiety away. Like all my best decisions, this was on the spur of the moment so I hadn’t prepared any ingredients or restocked the pantry. Cue more anxiety while I brainstormed what I could I bake with my handful of pantry staples. It turns out I can make this slice and very nice it is too – such a happy and delicious accident.
The pastry top and base is seriously short and the fruit filling is kind of like a cross between a mince pie and a garibaldi biscuit – did you ever eat those when you were young" I had a heap of dried fruit to...