Consiglia'S Almond Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Pastry
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 egg yolk, beaten
Topping
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup sugar

Preparation

PASTRY.
Put flour and sugar into mixing bowl.
Cut butter into dry ingredients. I use a pastry cutter.
Beat egg yolk with 1/2 tsp vanilla extract.
Pour into flour/butter mixture, whisking with fork.
Press into 8\" square pan forming a slight rim. Bake at 325 for 30-35 minutes.
TOPPING.
Heat butter and milk together.
Add sugar, honey, almonds, stirring to coat evenly.
Spread over warm pastry. Bake 20-30 minutes, or until lightly brown. Cool for 10 minutes and then cut into squares. Do not let it cool completely, or cutting will become difficult!