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base butter sugar flour egg yolks strawberry topping egg whites sugar ground walnuts vanilla walnuts
Viewed: 3 - Published at: 4 years agoIngredients
- Base
- 3/4 cup butter (room temp)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 3 egg yolks (reserve whites)
- strawberry jam or other favorite jam
- Topping
- 3 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups ground walnuts
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon rum extract
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
Method
- For the base:
- Combine the butter, 2/3 cup sugar, flour and egg yolks.
- Pat the mixture into the bottom of a 9"x13"x2" pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes or until the edges are light brown.
- Cool base and spread with jam of your choice. Ivanka uses rose hip jam but seedless raspberry or strawberry jam works just as well.
- In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with the 1 cup of sugar until slightly stiff.
- Add the 2 cups of ground walnuts and vanilla or rum extract. I use pure vanilla extract.
- Spread this mixture over jam layer and sprinkle the top with the 1 cup chopped walnuts.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly golden.
- For a softer topping, cover pan loosely after removing from oven to allow meringue to soften for easier cutting.
- Cut when cool, with sharp knife dipped in hot water between each cut.
