Almond Slices
Here in the UK one of the big cake manufactures is called "Mr.Kipling" Their slogan is "He makes exceedingly good cakes" Almond Slices have always been a favourite of mine and I thought I would search and find an equivalent recipe to convert to the TM.Acknowledgement to The Wandering Pit where I found this recipe.
I batch of
Rich shortcrust Pastry from the Fast & Easy Cooking
2 tbsp good quality raspberry jam.
100g caster sugar + 100g caster sugar
175g almonds
1 egg
1 egg white
1/2 tsp almond extract
blanched,split almonds to decorate ( be generous)
1.Make the Rich Shortcrust Pastry.
2.Preheat the oven to 200c/180c fan and place a baking tray on the oven shelf to heat.
3.Grease a baking tray 25x15cm.Roll out the pastry and line the baking tray,pinching the edges of pastry to form a border.(The leftover pastry can be used for another recipe or frozen.)
4. Spread the pastry case with the jam.
5.Place the almonds into the TM bowl and grind 6sec/speed 8. Set Aside.
6. Place the first 100g of sugar in the TM bowl and grind 30sec/ speed 9.( you should now have icing sugar) scrape down TM bowl.
7. Add the second 100g of sugar,ground almonds,egg white,egg and almond extract to the TM bowl.Mix 15sec/ speed 4.
8. Spread the almond paste carefully and evenly over the jam.
9. Sprinkle generously with flaked almonds.
10.Place in the oven on the hot baking sheet for 25 minutes until golden brown on top.( I turned my tray half way through the cooking time)
11. Allow to cool on a wire and then slice into 14 pieces.
Enjoy!
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Great for a large family.I did reduce the salt to 5g and personally I think the rice needs thorough washing before adding to the seasoned water as my cooked rice ended up sticky. 
for 2-3 minutes or until the mixture starts to come together.
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