Strawberry-Almond Paste Shortbread Bars

Rich shortbread is the base for beautiful bars featuring sweet strawberry preserves and a nutty almond streusel.

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ingredients 8
Prep Time 25 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1: cup butter, softened

3/4: cup granulated sugar

2: cups all-purpose flour

1/4: teaspoon salt

1/4: cup packed almond paste (from 7-oz roll), crumbled (not marzipan)

1/4: cup sliced almonds

1: jar (12 oz) strawberry preserves

1: teaspoon powdered sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; spray foil with cooking spray.
2 In large bowl, beat butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium-high speed until well mixed. Beat in flour and salt on medium speed just until blended. Press 3 1/2 cups mixture into pan. Bake about 20 minutes or until top begins to brown.
3 Meanwhile, in same bowl, mix remaining crumb mixture and crumbled almond paste with fork until small clumps form; stir in almonds.
4 Spread preserves evenly over hot base. Crumble almond paste mixture evenly over preserves; press slightly.
5 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top and edges are golden brown and preserves are bubbly. Using foil handles, lift bars from pan; remove foil from sides of bars. Cool completely on cooling rack before cutting. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top. Cut into 8 rows by 4 rows. Cut each square in half diagonally.

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You'll find the almond paste packaged in tubes with the other baking ingredients at the grocery store.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 140
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 65mg; 65%;
Total Carbohydrate: 19g; 19%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 11g 11% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;