Tate's Bake Shop Raspberry Squares

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter, softened to room temperature


• 1 cup sugar


• 1 egg yolk


• 3 cups all-purpose flour


• 1 cup almonds, chopped


• 1 1/4 cups raspberry jam, high quality

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.


• 2 grease a 9-inch square baking pan.


• 3 in a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until they are combined.


• 4 add the egg yolk and mix.


• 5 add the flour and almonds and blend them well, but keep the mixture a bit crumbly, and not too dry.


• 6 pat half the mixture, about 3 cups, into the prepared pan.


• 7 bake it for 20 minutes.


• 8 remove it from the oven and immediately spread it with raspberry jam, leaving about a 1/4 inch border along the sides.


• 9 crumble the remaining dough evenly over the jam.


• 10 pat lightly.


• 11 bake it for another 40 minutes.


• 12 the bars should be golden brown on top.