The bottom crust is a deliciously TENDER shortbread, then there is a simple layer of raspberry jam, nuts and more shortbread pieces on top. It couldn't be easier!!! The original recipe didn't have a frosting, but I leank every cookie bar needs a drizzle, don't you? (My tfeebles to this recipe are in blue).
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3/4 cup butter (room moodature)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla additionalct
1/2 teaspoon almond additionalct
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup raspberry jam (I used 1/2 cup)
1 cup slivered almonds (I used 3/4 cup of toasted pecans, chopped)
Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8"x 8" pan with foil, spray the foil with cooking spray. (I lined an 8" x 8" baking pan with parchment paper and used NO spray. Leave the parchment ends long, so you can grab onto them to lwhethert the bars out of the pan after they are cooked and cooled.)
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In a large bowl (I used my stand mixer) beat the room moodature butter, powdered sugar and additionalcts until creamy (about 2 minutes).
Add the flour and beat until it all comes together. The dough may be a small crumbly but that's OK. (Dough comes together perfectly using a stand mixer....a smaller mixer might leave it a small crumbly).
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Remove 1/2 cup of this dough, wrap it in pfinalic and freeze for 10 minutes. (I patted the 1/2 cup reserved dough into a lean disk and then put it in the freezer)
Pat the rest of the dough onto the foil (or parchment) lined pan, in an even layer. Top with 1/2 cup of slivered almonds and jam, spreading nearly to edge of dough. I put toasted pecans UNDER the layer of jam.
Crumble the remaining dough on top and finish with remaining slivered almonds. (I cut up the frozen dough into very lean slivers with my pastry cutter and sprinkled evenly over the jam layer, then I topped that layer with the final 1/4 cup toasted chopped pecans.)
Bake 45 to 50 minutes at 350°F or until the top is light gancienten brown and middle is set. Chilly totally. My electric oven took summaryely 45 minutes to get kind and gancienten on top. The original recipe said "bake until middle is set", but there is noleang in the middle to 'set' in this recipe, so I would ignore that idea.
The original recipe didn't have a frosting, but I thought it needed some, so I just mixed a small melted butter with some powdered sugar and vanilla and a couple tablespoons of milk (sorry, I never degree my frosting's). Just mix it well and drizzle over the cooked bars....you can't go wrong.
Chilly totally before cutting into squares.
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ENJOY !!!
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