Lucky Bites – Foods to Bring Fortune in the New Year: Day 5
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New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to embrace traditions, superstitions, and delicious bites to ring in a prosperous year ahead. Among the many lucky foods associated with the holiday, oranges symbolize abundance, happiness, and good fortune. What better way to incorporate a bit of citrusy luck into your celebrations than with Polka Dot Orange Marmalade Bars?
We’re also embracing the playful charm of polka dots! Across many cultures, polka dots are considered a lucky pattern for ringing in the new year. Their round shape mirrors the symbolism of coins, representing prosperity and abundance for the year ahead.
That’s why Polka Dot Orange Marmalade Bars are the perfect treat for your celebrations. These buttery, golden bars are layered with bright orange marmalade—another symbol of wealth and happiness—and dotted with polka dot cut outs on top. The cheerful design brings a sense of fun and festivity to your dessert table, all while inviting a little extra luck into your life.
So, as you count down to midnight, why not add these sweet polka-dotted bars to your list of lucky traditions?
Orange Marmalade Polka Dot Bars
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minutesbuttery, golden bars, spiced with cardamom, are layered with bright orange marmalade—a symbol of wealth and happiness—and dotted with polka dot cut outs on top
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened (226 grams)
1/2 cup sugar (100 grams)
1/4 cup brown sugar (55 grams)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour (240 grams)
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup orange marmalade
Directions
- Preheat an oven to 350°F.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until they are pale, light, and fluffy. This will take 2-3 minutes.
- Beat in the vanilla extract and cardamom.
- Slowly fold in the remaining ingredients.
- Separate off about 1/4 of the dough. Place it between two pieces of parchment paper and roll to about 1/8 inch thick. Transfer the parchment and dough to a sheet tray and place in the freezer for at least 20 minutes or until solid.
- Line a 8×8 pan with parchment and press the remaining 3/4 of the dough into the pan.
- Use a fork to prick the dough.
- Bake for 25 minutes and let cool for about 15 minutes.
- Spread the orange marmalade onto the cooled bars.
- Remove the sheet of dough from the freezer and immediately cut it into small circles for the polka dots. I used the smallest circle cutter here.
- Place the polks dots in rows on top of the jam.
- Bake for another 25-30 minutes and enjoy!
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