Nut Bars

By patticakes

This was part of the offering in the Washington Post that provided Mintywiches and Venetian Jewels.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter, melted an cooled
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 ts vanilla
• 1 ts cinnamon
• Pinch salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Preparation

Step 1

Combine sugar and butter with a wooden spoon. Add egg yolk, cinnamon, vanilla and salt. Beat flour in gradually.

Turn into an 11 by 16 jelly roll pan, spread evenly with a spatula.
Whisk egg white slightly. Spread on batter with your hands, smoothing as you go. Sprinkle the almonds over the batter.

Bake at 325° for 25 minutes. Cool slightly. Make 3 vertical cuts and 5 vertical cuts to make 24 rectangles. Cut diagonally across the rectangles to make triangles.