Marzipan Bars
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 10:28pm

Ingredients




2 cups C and H Powdered Sugar unsifted
1 1/2 cups Blanched almonds, ground (2 cups)
1 Egg white
2 tablespoons Water
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

Preparation

1 Filling: Combine sugar and ground almonds and mix thoroughly. Add egg white and mix. Stir in water to thick consistency. Set aside. 2 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). 3 Powdered Sugar Cookies from the C and H Sugar Kitchen