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      Title: Marzipan Bars
 Categories: Cookies, Bars
      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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