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Sweets: Blackberry Tea Bars

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

3/4 cup reduced calorie margarine
1 -1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 egg whites
3/4 teaspoon almond extract
21 /4cups all-purpose flour sifted
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup blackberry jam


Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9 in. x l3 in. baking pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl using electric mixer on medium speed, beat together margarine, powdered sugar and egg whites. Reduce speed to low; blend in almond extract, flour, salt and baking soda. Do not overbeat. Pour dough into prepared pan, smoothing top with rubber spatula. Lightly run spatula over the top of the dough to make 7 or 8 crisscrossing diagonal grooves. Fill grooves with jam.

Bake in preheated oven for 20- 25 minutes, until top is firm and edges begin to brown. Remove from oven and cool. Refill grooves with jam. Cut into 28 bars.

Nutritional Information, Per Bar: 95 calories; 17 g carbohydrate; 2.5 g fat