Almond Honey Squares

Name: Almond Honey Squares
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, French
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (50g) blanched almond powder; 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (120g) all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 6 tablespoons (3 ounces, 90g) unsalted butter, (chilled and cubed); 1 large egg yolk; 2 tablespoons water; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 tablespoons (2 ounces, 60g) unsalted butter, ( cubed); 1/3 cup (65g) sugar; 2 tablespoons dark honey, (such as buckwheat or chestnut); zest of 1 orange (unsprayed); scant 1/4 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup (80g) sliced almonds, (preferably blanched)

Instructions

Adapted from The French Kitchen Cookbook by Patricia Wells For best results, you should use a strong, dark honey, such as buckwheat or chestnut. If you have only mild clover or orange blossom honey, the recipe will still work and be just fine, but the honey flavor will be less pronounced. If you can’t get almond powder, you can use blanched sliced almonds (measuring them by weight, not volume) in place of the powder; pulverize them in the food processor along with the other dry ingredients. For more information and tips about using almond powder, check out my post - Almond Flour FAQs.

Updated at: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:11:19 GMT