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      Title: Bittersweet/white Chocolate Bar Cookies/pt 1
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 40 servings
 
  2 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
           Or unbleached white flour)
    1/4 c  Unsweetened cocoa powder
    3/4 ts Baking powder
    1/8 ts Salt
      1 lg Egg
  3 1/2 oz Almond paste
           Cut into small pieces)
    1/2 ts Almond extract
      1 c  Unsalted butter; softened
    1/3 c  Granulated sugar
      2 oz Bittersweet chocolate
           Or semisweet chocolate
           - finely grate
           Bittersweet chocolate glaze:
      1 tb Solid vegetable shortening
      6 oz Bittersweet or semisweet
           Chocolate/coarsely chopped
      1 oz Unsweetened chocolate
           Coarsely chopped
           White chocolate glaze:
    1/2 ts Vegetable shortening
      1 oz White chocolate
           Coarsely chopped
 
     The inspiration for this recipe was a little package of chocolate
  cookies I bought from a pastry shop in Geneva many years ago. The
  bar-shaped cookies had a rich almond and chocolate flavor and were cloaked
  in a bittersweet chocolate glaze. To complete the dramatic professional
  look, they were drizzled with white chocolate stripes.  My version of these
  cookies looks and tastes quite similar to the ones I remember.
    SEE PART 2
       Makes about 40 2.3/4 inch bar cookies.  The International Cookie
  Cookbook
 
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