Recipe: Almond Paste Bars

Almond Paste Bars

8 oz. almond paste
1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 11 x 7-inch pan. Cream together margarine, butter and almond paste. Beat in sugar and eggs. Add flour and salt. Pat in pan and sprinkle with nuts. Pat down nuts a little bit. Bake about 40 minutes or so. If edges start to turn too brown cover with foil all around edges. Cool about 10 minutes, then cut and remove from pan.