Dutch almond boterkoek is a fun and delicious dessert. It’s sweet and filled with brown sugar goodness. It’s also nutty thanks to being covered in almond slivers. It’s like making your own personalized Almond Joy bar. But instead of being restricted by how many almonds the people of Almond Joy say you can have, you can now make your bars as crunchy as you want them to be. This dessert will not let you down, so enjoy.
Health Benefits
Almonds are a rich source of healthy fiber, protein and vitamin E. Almonds also help in lowering the cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
Ingredients
cup butter: 1
cups packed brown sugar: 1 1/4
cups all-purpose flour: 2
tsp almond extract: 1
egg: 1
cup blanched slivered almonds: 1/2
How To Make Dutch Almond Boterkoek
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- Grease a 9 x 12-inch jelly roll pan or a 9 x13 inch rectangular baking pan.
- Stirthe brown sugar and the butter/margarine together into a cream.
- Spoon in the almond extract.
- Sift and thoroughly mix flour into the creamed sugar mixture.
- Separate the egg, add the yolk to the dough, then mix again.
- Press the roll tin into the greased sponge and glaze thoroughly with lightly-beaten egg white.
- Sprinkle the slivered almonds.
- Bake for approximately 20 mins.
- Let the cake cool and cut into bars.
- Serve and enjoy!
Trivia
Boterkoek translates to butter cake.