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Raspberry: Raspberry Crumb Bars

Source of Recipe

Family Circle Holiday Cakes & Cookies, 1999


List of Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup blanched whole almonds -- (about 4 ounce)
3/4 cup butter -- at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 12 ounce jar raspberry preserves


Recipe

Heat oven to 375ºF. Coat 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick vegetable-oil cooking spray. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Whirl almonds in food processor until finely ground. Add butter and vanilla. Whirl until well blended. Add the flour mixture and the sugar. Whirl to mix. Reserve 1/2 cup mixture for topping.

Add egg to remaining flour mixture in food processor. Whirl until well combined and dough forms. Press dough over bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake in 375ºF oven 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer pan to wire rack to cool slightly. Spread raspberry preserves over dough. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture, in diagonal strips across top, if desired. Bake in 375ºF for 12 minutes or until top is golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars to serve. Makes: 24 bars.