Tate'S Bake Shop Raspberry Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup salted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup almonds, chopped
1 1/4 cups raspberry jam, high quality

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until they are combined.
Add the egg yolk and mix.
Add the flour and almonds and blend them well, but keep the mixture a bit crumbly, and not too dry.
Pat half the mixture, about 3 cups, into the prepared pan.
Bake it for 20 minutes.
Remove it from the oven and immediately spread it with raspberry jam, leaving about a 1/4 inch border along the sides.
Crumble the remaining dough evenly over the jam.
Pat lightly.
Bake it for another 40 minutes.
The bars should be golden brown on top.