BEE STING SLICE ‘BIENENSTICH ‘

This is a favourite recipe all the way from Germany . Preheat your oven to 180- deg C . In a small pot , place 1/2 cup of butter/ marg ,1/4 cup of castor sugar , 2 tbs of honey , 2 tbs of milk , 1 cup of slivered almonds and 1 tsp of almond essence . Heat over a medium heat to a simmer while stirring . Remove from heat and set aside . In the bowl of your mixer place 1 and 3/4 cups of all purpose flour ,1/2 cup of castor sugar,1 dsp of baking powder and 1/4 tsp of salt . Finally add 1/2 cup of softened butter/ marg and mix until the mix is crumbly , now add 1 beaten egg and continue to mix until dough holds together . Press the dough evenly between ungreased slice pans ( I used 2 .. 27 .5 cm x 17.5 cm slice pans ). Pour the almond mixture over the dough , spreading evenly . Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until topping is a deep golden . Let cool in the pan on a wire rack . Slice into triangles . Store in airtight container .