Raspberry Filled White Chocolate Bars
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 (12 ounce) bag white chocolate chunks or 2 (6 ounce) packages white chocolate, chopped and divided
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon almond extract or amaretto
- 3/4 cup raspberry jam or raspberry spreadable fruit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour an 8 or 9" square cake pan.
- Toast the sliced almonds in a frying pan over medium low heat, stirring frequently, until they begin to color and become fragrant, about 7 minutes.
- Pour out of pan. Set aside.
- Melt butter and 1 cup of the white chocolate chunks (or half of the chopped white chocolate) together in a small saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly.
- When all has melted, set aside.
- In the small bowl of an electric mixer, beat eggs until foamy.
- Gradually add sugar, beating at high speed until lemon colored.
- Stir in white chocolate mixture.
- Add flour, salt and almond extract; mix at low speed until just combined.
- Spread half of the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Remove from oven, but leave oven on.
- Meanwhile, stir remaining half of white chocolate chunks into remaining batter; set aside.
- Melt jam in a small saucepan over low heat.
- Spread jam evenly over warm crust.
- Gently spoon teaspoonfuls of remaining batter over jam (some jam may show through batter).
- Sprinkle with almonds.
- Return to oven; bake an additional 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely.
- Cut into bars.
- Makes 24 bars.
- Nutrition Information Per Serving:
- Calories: 190
Carbohydrate: 26 g
Protein: 2 g
Fat: 9 g
Saturated Fat: 2 g
Cholesterol: 28 mg
Sodium: 105 mg
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