Marzipan Date Bars Recipes

20 BEST WAYS TO USE MARZIPAN

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• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a delicious recipe in 30 minutes or less!

MARZIPAN BARS

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• In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add egg yolk and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Press into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread with jelly. , For filling, combine almond paste, butter, sugar, egg white and vanilla in a bowl. Beat in eggs. Add food coloring; mix well. Pour over jelly layer. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack. , For icing, heat chocolate and butter in a small saucepan on low until melted. Add confectioners' sugar and enough milk to make a smooth icing. Stir in vanilla. Immediately spread over bars. Cover and store overnight at room temperature before cutting.

MARZIPAN BARS

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• Butter a 13x9 inch metal cake pan, line with parchment paper.
• Set aside.
• In a small saucepan, bring rum to boil, stir in cranberries.
• Let cool.
• Meanwhile, in bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, beat in vanilla and almond extract.
• In separate bowl, whisk flour ground almonds, baking powder and salt, stir into butter mixture just until combined.
• Stir in sliced almonds, cranberry mixture and marzipan.
• Scrape into prepared pan.
• Bake in centre of 350° oven until golden and cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, 45 minutes.
• Let cool completely in pan on rack.
• Dust with icing sugar.
• Cut into bars.
• Make ahead- Layer between waxed paper in airtight container, store for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 1 month.

OLD-FASHIONED DATE BARS

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• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; and gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• Fold in the dates and nuts.
• Spread the batter evenly in a greased 13x9 baking pan and bake at 375°F for 25 minutes or until golden.
• Cool in pan.
• Cut into approximately 24 bars.

MARZIPAN BARS

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• Line 8 x 8 pan with pie pastry and cover the pastry with layer of raspberry jam.
• Blend butter and sugar thoroughly.
• Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add rice flour and salt and beat well.
• Color 1/2 mixture a pale pink and other half green.
• Put spoonfuls of each mixture alternately on jam to cover.
• Bake in 350° oven for 35 minutes.
• Cool and ice with frosting.

BEST DATE BARS

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• In a saucepan, combine dates, sugar and water. Cook, stirring frequently, until very thick. Stir in walnuts, if desired; cool. , Sift the flour, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl; add oats and brown sugar. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle water over mixture; stir lightly. Pat half into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Spread with date mixture; cover with remaining oat mixture and pat lightly. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

DATE BARS

Steps:

• Cook dates, sugar and water in heavy saucepan to the consistency of jam. Let cool.
• Cream shortening with the brown sugar.
• Sift flour, soda, and salt into the creamed mixture.
• Add oats and mix until well blended.
• Put half of oat mixture in a greased 13x9x2 pan.
• Press and flatten to cover the bottom.
• Spread with date filling.
• Cover with remaining oat mixture. Pat smooth.
• Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.