This Raisin Almond Bars recipe comes from a two-sided magazine clipping stapled to an index card and filed under Cookies in My Mom’s Recipe Box. The original ingredients, directions, timing, yield, and printed nutrition information are preserved here as they appear on the clipping.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole unblanched almonds
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 10 Tbs. unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup light-brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. grated lemon zest
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup raisins
Directions
Heat oven to 375°. Line the bottom and two long sides of a 13″ x 9″ pan with foil. Butter the foil and exposed sides of the pan. Chop almonds. Combine flour, soda and salt. With an electric mixer set at medium speed, beat butter, sugar and lemon zest until creamy. Beat in vanilla, almond extract and egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in raisins. Spread dough in the prepared pan. Sprinkle with almonds and lightly press them into the dough. Bake until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Cool on a rack. Use the foil to lift cookies from pan and cut into bars.
Yield
32 bars
Preservation Notes
This recipe is preserved as a printed magazine clipping attached to both sides of an index card. The front holds the title, finished-dish photograph, and preparation times, while the reverse holds the ingredients, directions, yield, nutrition information, and visible publication mark. The original staples, clipped edges, and arrangement remain visible in the scans.
Notes From the Original
The front lists “Work Time: 20 min. Total Time: 35 min.” The reverse directs, “Bake until golden brown, about 5 minutes.” That timing is preserved exactly as printed. The clipping also gives the following information per bar: “Cal. 86 Pro. 1g Fat 5g Sod. 31mg Carb. 10g Chol. 17mg.”
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
