Raspberry Almond Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 pie dough
• 1/4 cup raspberry jam
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• red food coloring
• green food coloring
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/2-2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons cream or 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 prepare pie dough for one crust unbaked shell. line an 8-inch square ungreased cake pan with pastry.
• 2 spread with raspberry jam.
• 3 cream butter and sugar together thoroughly. add eggs, beating until light and fluffy. add flour and salt; blend well.
• 4 divide batter in half. colour half pink and half green.
• 5 first spread green layer, doing your best not to spread the jam onto the green batter. once green is covering all of the jam, repeat with pink layer.
• 6 bake at 350°f for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. cool completely then frost.
• 7 frosting:.
• 8 beat frosting ingredients together until smooth and creamy, adding enough icing sugar to make a spreading consistency. spread over cooled bars.
• 9 let set and then cut into bars.