Almond-Cinnamon Bars

By bakers_delight85

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds (raw or toasted; with or without skins)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pats
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract

Details

Servings 32

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F; grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
Put the flour, salt, almonds, sugar and cinnamon in the bowl of a food processor and process until the almonds are coarsely ground. Add the butter and process just until the mixture is crumbly. Add the egg yolk and almond extract and process again, scraping down the bowl several times, until evenly blended.
Press the dough firmly and evenly into the prepared pan.
Bake for 22 to 24 minutes, until lightly browned. Let the pan cool on a wire rack until warm. Run a sharp knife around the edge of the pan. Cut into 32 bars (4 bars short end by 8 bars long end), but do not remove the cookies from the pan. Allow to cool completely, then remove carefully.