Bittersweet/white Chocolate Bar Cookies/pt 1

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Title: Bittersweet/white Chocolate Bar Cookies/pt 1
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 40 servings

2 1/4 c All-purpose flour
Or unbleached white flour)
1/4 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 ts Baking powder
1/8 ts Salt
1 lg Egg
3 1/2 oz Almond paste
Cut into small pieces)
1/2 ts Almond extract
1 c Unsalted butter; softened
1/3 c Granulated sugar
2 oz Bittersweet chocolate
Or semisweet chocolate
- finely grate
Bittersweet chocolate glaze:
1 tb Solid vegetable shortening
6 oz Bittersweet or semisweet
Chocolate/coarsely chopped
1 oz Unsweetened chocolate
Coarsely chopped
White chocolate glaze:
1/2 ts Vegetable shortening
1 oz White chocolate
Coarsely chopped

The inspiration for this recipe was a little package of chocolate
cookies I bought from a pastry shop in Geneva many years ago. The
bar-shaped cookies had a rich almond and chocolate flavor and were cloaked
in a bittersweet chocolate glaze. To complete the dramatic professional
look, they were drizzled with white chocolate stripes. My version of these
cookies looks and tastes quite similar to the ones I remember.
SEE PART 2
Makes about 40 2.3/4 inch bar cookies. The International Cookie
Cookbook

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