Brown Sugar Almond Bar Recipes

ALMOND BARS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10x15 inch jelly roll pan.
• Break graham crackers into 4 pieces and arrange them touching on the prepared jelly roll pan. Sprinkle the sliced almonds over the crackers. In a small saucepan, melt butter. When butter is melted, stir in the brown sugar and vanilla until smooth and remove from heat. Pour the butter mixture evenly over the graham crackers in the pan.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Watch carefully so that the edges do not burn. Cut bars while still warm and remove from pan. If the bars are stuck, put the pan into the warm oven for a minute to loosen.

ALMOND BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Generously butter (or use baking spray) on a half sheet pan (approximatedly 18"x13"). Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Add in eggs and almond extract. Beat until combined. Slowly add in flour mixture. Mixing until well blended.
• Press this dough into the bottom of your prepared baking dish. Use your fingers or a pastry roller to smooth the top of the dough.
• Using a pastry brush, brush the milk to the top of the dough (you may not need to use all of it). Sprinkle with sliced almonds, pressing them lightly into the dough.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes until done. You don't want to brown these bars.
• Cool for about 5 minutes, then cut them with a knife into bars. If they are too soft to cut, allow to cool a little bit more. Carefully remove them to a wire rack to continue cooling.
• Once cooled, you can make your glaze by whisking the sugar with the almond extract and milk. Drizzle over the bars and allow to set.
• Enjoy!

ALMOND BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until lemon-colored. Beat in butter and extract; gradually stir in the four and mix well. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 325° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

BROWN SUGAR WALNUT SHORTBREAD BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line or grease an 8x8 pan.
• In a bowl, whisk together flour, powdered sugar, and salt.
• Mix in butter using a pastry cutter or 2 knives. Mixture should crumbly forming small pea sized clumps of dough.
• Press shortbread into pan evenly, and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the edges are beginning to brown. Remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.
• While crust is cooling, make the filling. Whisk brown sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until smooth.
• Stir in chopped walnuts.
• Pour into pan and spread evenly. Bake for 25 minutes, until the surface looks dry and the filling has set and risen slightly. Cool completely, then cut into small squares.

ALMOND BROWN SUGAR BROWNIES

Steps:

• heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat shortening and chocolate in a 3 quart saucepan, until melted. Remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining ingredients, in this order : flour, sugar,almond paste, almonds,eggs, baking powder, and salt.
• Spread into a greased 13x9x2 baking dish.
• Bake until brownies start to pull away from sides of pan . After 20 minutes, you need to check every 2 minutes. It should not be longer than 30 minutes.
• Do not overbake.
• When done take them out and let cool for 6-8 minute.
• Cut into 2x1 bars.

BROWN SUGAR ALMOND BAR

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl cream softened butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add flour and mix well. Pat mixture into ungreased 9x9x2 baking pan. Bake 12-15 minutes. Meanwhile, in small saucepan melt 3 T butter. Add brown sugar, water and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in almonds and vanilla. Spread over partially baked crust. Bake 15 - 20 minutes more. Cool. Cut into bars.