Bee Sting (bienenstich) Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup almonds, chopped (slivered will also work)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, firm
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 almond syrup: in a small pan, combine all ingredients over medium-high heat. stir until mixture reaches a rolling boil. remove pan from heat.
• 3 dough: in a mixing bowl, stir together dry ingredients (flour,sugar, baking powder, and salt).
• 4 cut butter into pieces and, with a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut into flour mixture until mixture is very crumbly and no large particles remain. add egg and mix with a fork until dough holds together.
• 5 press dough evenly over bottom of an ungreased 10x15-inch rimmed baking pan. pour almond syrup over dough, spreading evenly.
• 6 bake in a 350°f oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until topping is deep golden. let cool in pan on a rack.
• 7 cut into 2-inch squares; for smaller cookies, cut each square diagonally into 2 triangles. (note: yield is based on number of cookies, not triangles.) store airtight.