Raspberry Almond Cream Cheese Bars



1 c. butter, softened
3/4 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2 c. flour
1/3 c. quick oats
1/3 c. chopped almonds
1 small jar of raspberry jam
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Glaze:
milk
powdered sugar
almond extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl combine butter, sugar, salt and vanilla, mix well. Add flour and mix until incorporated. Reserve 1 c. of this mixture, and set aside. In an ungreased 9x9 pan, pat down the cookie mixture evenly on the bottom of the pan, partially cook crust for 10-15 minutes, remove from the oven, set aside. In a bowl, combine softened cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk, whisk together until nice and smooth. Poor this mixture over cookie crust. Mix raspberry jam up in the jar until it becomes syrupy so that it is easier to spread. Spread raspberry jam over cream cheese mixture. Add oats and chopped nuts to the reserved 1 c. cookie mixture until combined. Crumble this over the raspberry jam layer. Cook in the oven for 25- 30 minutes. After the bars have cooled slightly, make the glaze, starting with 1 c of powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp almond extract and some milk to thin it out. Mix until smooth, adjusting the flavors as needed. (Note: The glaze should be pretty almondy to get the right effect.) Drizzle glaze over bars, let cool and cut into squares.

Recipe Source: http://rachelleunderwood.blogspot.com/2010/06/raspberry-almond-cream-bars.html