Blackberry Tea Bars recipe

Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee with theseblackberry jam bars.

Recipe: Blackberry Tea Bars

3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 large egg whites
3/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour, sifted
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup blackberry jam*

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).Spray 9 x 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

In large bowl, use electric mixer at mediumspeed to beat margarine, sugar, and egg whites. Blend in, onlow speed, almond extract, flour, salt and baking soda. Do notoverbeat.

Spread dough in pan. Smooth top of doughwith rubber spatula. Lightly run spatula over the top of doughto make 7 or 8 crisscrossing diagonal grooves. Fill grooves withjam or marmalade.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until top isfirm and edges begin to brown. Cool and refill grooves with jam.Cut into bars.

Makes 28 bars.

* Substitute orange marmalade for blackberryjam to make marmalade bars.

Recipe provided courtesy of The Sugar Association,Inc.

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