Title: Marzipan Bars
Categories: Cookie Bar
Yield: 36 Bars

FILLING
2	c	C and H Powdered Sugar - unsifted
1 1/2	c	Blanched almonds, ground - (2 cups)
1		Egg white
2	tb	Water
CRUST
2	c	All-purpose flour
2	ts	Baking powder
1/2	c	C and H Powdered Sugar - unsifted
1	c	Butter or margarine
1/2	ts	Vanilla
1		Egg

Filling: Combine sugar and ground almonds and mix thoroughly. Add egg white and mix. Stir in water to thick consistency. Set aside.

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).

Reprinted with permission from: Powdered Sugar Cookies from the C and H Sugar Kitchen by Jean Porter Electronic format by Karen Mintzias

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