I have made a lot of different desserts from various countries for our #worldwidewednesday family dinners. The funny thing about it they are mostly all made with everyday ingredients, they are similar in tastes but can sometimes be made slightly different. I am going to share with you a bar cookie that I made called Hungarian Pastry. I make a pretty similar one Raspberry Squares the few differences are this bar doesn’t have oatmeal, this bar separates the eggs and whips the egg whites. Both bars are delicious and maybe you will give this one a try. It came together very easily and the flavor was great also they were gone by the next morning. I do love seedless raspberry jelly so that is my go-to but you can use whatever you like.

Bar cookie - Hungarian Pastry

an easy bar recipe for the family to enjoy!

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Equipment

• 1 9x13 pan

Ingredients

  

• ¼ pound Butter room temperature
• ½ cup Sugar Plus 2 tablespoons
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs separated
• 1½ cups flour
• 1 pinch baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ cup jam I used raspberry
• 1 cup ground nuts I used pecans

Instructions

 

• pre-heat oven to 325℉
• cream butter and sugar together until smoothed. Add the vanilla and the egg yolks and cream together well. Add flour with the soda and powder and mix well.
• spray a 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray and add the dough, patting and flattening out to all the edges.
• I heated up the jelly just a bit to loosen it up so I could spread it all over the dough easier. Add about ½ of the ground nuts all over the jelly/jam.
• in a stand mixer or by hand beat the egg whites till frothy. Spread those over the nuts and jelly. And then mix the 2 tablespoons of sugar with the remaining ½ cup of nuts and spread this over the egg whites
• bake for 30 minutes. When cooled cut into 2 squares.