Marzipan bars
36 bars
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | C and H Powdered Sugar unsifted |
| 1½ | cup | Blanched almonds, ground |
| 2 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | cup | C and H Powdered Sugar unsifted (2 cups) |
| 1 | Egg white | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Water |
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | Egg | |
Directions
FILLING
CRUST
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 ¾ cup dough. Press remaining dough evenly into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. Spread marzipan over dough. Form remaining dough into ½-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 1-½-inches).
Reprinted with permission from: Powdered Sugar Cookies from the C and H Sugar Kitchen by Jean Porter Electronic format by Karen Mintzias