Easy Bakewell Bars

🧂 Ingredients

• 1⅓ cups All purpose flour
• ⅓ cup Butter – cold
• 2-3 tablespoons Water – cold
• 7 tablespoons Butter – softened
• ½ cup Granulated sugar
• 1⅓ cups All purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons Baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 2 large Eggs – room temperature
• 2 tablespoons Milk – room temperature
• ½ teaspoon Almond extract
• ½ cup Raspberry jam
• ½ cup Sliced almonds

Instructions

• 1 Pre-heat the oven to 350F (180C) and grease a 9 inch baking pan.
• 2 To make the pastry, in a medium bowl add the flour and rub the butter in with
  your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Gradually add 2-3
  tablespoons of cold water mixing to form a soft dough.
• 3 Roll out the dough onto a light floured flat surface and transfer it into the
  prepared baking pan and set aside.
• 4 In a large bowl add all the sponge ingredients, butter, sugar, all purpose
  flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, milk and almond extract and beat to combine
  all together.
• 5 Spread the pastry base with a generous amount of raspberry jam and top with the
  sponge mixture. Sprinkle sliced almonds on top of the sponge layer and bake for
  approximately 25 minutes or until the sponge has shrunk from the sides of the
  pan and springs back when pressed in the middle with a finger. Let it cool in
  the pan before cutting it. Enjoy!

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