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Marzipan bars

Yield: 36 Bars MMMMM-

Ingredients:

• 2 c C and H Powdered Sugar -- unsifted
• 1 1/2 c Blanched almonds ground -- (2 cups)
• 1 Egg white
• 2 tb Water MMMMM---------------------------CRUST--------------------------------
• 2 c All-purpose flour
• 2 ts Baking powder
• 1/2 c C and H Powdered Sugar -- unsifted
• 1 c Butter or margarine
• 1/2 ts Vanilla
• 1 Egg

Instructions:

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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