Azuki Shortbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter or margarine
5 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. condensed milk
1 (18 oz.) can Koshian or Tsubishian (red bean paste)
1 egg white

Preparation

Cream softened margarine with sugar.
Add salt to flour. Alternately add flour mixture and condensed milk to creamed margarine until well blended.
Put 1/2 of dough into a 9 x 13-inch pan.
Flatten to cover bottom of pan.
Spread Koshian or Tsubushian to cover dough.
Add rest of dough and spread to cover the red beans.
Brush top with beaten egg white.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 hour until lightly brown.
Cut into 1 x 3-inch rectangles when done.
Cool in pan.