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Categories Cookies Chocolate Egg Nut Dessert Christmas

Yield 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 19

Ingredients

First layer:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup raspberry jam
Second layer:
1 8 oz. can or roll of almond paste(not Marzipan)
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Third layer:
2Tb. butter
2Tb. milk
1 sq. unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup slivered almonds

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350. 1st layer: Cream butter and sugar. Add flour, salt and vanilla. Pat into 13 x 9 baking pan. Spread jam over crust. 2nd layer: With electric mixer,blend almond paste and sugar together as much as possible. Add eggs one at a time to mixture. Add vanilla. Gently pour over crust and jam. Bake about 20 minutes, until the batter is golden brown and set. 3rd layer. Melt together butter, chocolate and milk. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth. Carefully spread over the 2nd layer and then sprinkle with almonds. Store tightly covered. Freezes well.

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