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Marzipan Bars
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Servings: 36
Categories:
Bars
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----FILLING----- 2
cups
C and H Powdered Sugar,
- unsifted
1 1/2
cups
Blanched almonds,
ground
(2
cups) 1
Egg white 2
tablespoons
Water
-----CRUST----- 2
cups
All-purpose flour 2
teaspoons
Baking powder 1/2
cup
C and H Powdered Sugar,
- unsifted
1
cup
Butter or margarine 1/2
teaspoon
Vanilla 1
Egg
Directions:
Filling: Combine sugar and ground almonds and mix thoroughly. Add egg white and mix. Stir in water to thick consistency. Set aside.
Crust: Combine flour, baking powder and sugar. Cut butter into flour mixture with pastry blender until evenly distributed. Mix vanilla with egg; stir into flour mixture. Set aside 3/4 cup dough. Press remaining dough evenly into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. Spread marzipan over dough. Form remaining dough into 1/2-inch strips and arrange in large lattice pattern over filling. Bake in 350-degree oven 35 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into 36 bars (about 2-inches by 1-1/2-inches).
Reprinted with permission from:
Powdered Sugar Cookies from the C and H Sugar Kitchen by Jean Porter Electronic format by Karen Mintzias
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