4 festive nut slice Recipes

shredded carrots, chopped apples, crushed pineapple, undrained, grapes, sliced in half, stalk celery, diced, chopped nuts (i like walnuts), lemon yogurt or 8 oz vanilla yogurt, sugar or splenda substitute

butter, at room temp, light muscovado sugar, beaten eggs, plain flour, ground almonds, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, luxury mixed fruit (including raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel and glace cherries), dark rum, diced white marzipan, whole skinned hazelnuts, blanched almonds, brazil nuts, sliced almonds, whole glace cherries, golden syrup or 1/2 cup corn syrup, meter of wide ribbon

glace cherries (300 g), natural almonds (260g), sultana (150g), sheet frozen shortcrust pastry or 1 sheet frozen gluten-free shortcrust pastry, butter, maple syrup or 1/3 cup golden syrup, eggs, vanilla essence, plain flour or 2 tbsp gluten-free flour, dark chocolate, to decorate (optional)