My almond loving husband was intrigued by this recipe. The crust is cookie dough-like made with confectioners’ sugar, salt, cinnamon, egg yolk, vanilla, a whopping 10 tablespoons of butter and flour. Per Dorie, the crust comes together like Play-Doh and is pressed into the tart pan. I used all the dough which seemed like a lot and cooked it a minute longer than stated.

The filling is made up of another 8 tablespoons of butter, sugar, cinnamon, salt, milk and 2 cups of sliced almonds. The sugar mixtures is caramelized in the pan prior to the nuts going in and then it is all cooked again in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. I only baked mine 13 minutes as my husband said he did not want any burnt almonds, it was perfectly browned at 13 minutes.

This was a delicious albeit messy dessert. It was hard to eat and sort of shattered with a fork. I think it would be easier to eat as a bar by hand but no matter we all thought it was great. Definitely a make again recipe especially for the nut lover and it was perfectly fine the next day.

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