Marzipan Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pastry dough, for an 8 x 8 pan
raspberry jam
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup rice flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
red food coloring
green food coloring (or other)
Frosting
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
2 tablespoons warm milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

Line 8 x 8 pan with pie pastry and cover the pastry with layer of raspberry jam.
Blend butter and sugar thoroughly.
Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
Add rice flour and salt and beat well.
Color 1/2 mixture a pale pink and other half green.
Put spoonfuls of each mixture alternately on jam to cover.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 35 minutes.
Cool and ice with frosting.