Chinese Almond Brownies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1 cup ground blanched raw almonds
• 1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 egg yolk, beaten, with
• 1 1/2 teaspoons water
• 20 whole blanched almonds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 lightly grease a 9 inch square pan with butter.
• 3 in a medium sized bowl stir the vanilla wafer crumbs and ground almonds.
• 4 stir in condensed milk and almond extract until mixture is moistened.
• 5 spread batter evenly in pan.
• 6 brush top of batter with some of the egg yolk mixture.
• 7 press whole blanched almonds onto top making 4 by 5 rows, spacing evenly.
• 8 brush surface with remaining egg yolk wash.
• 9 bake brownies for about 25 minutes.
• 10 cool completely in pan.
• 11 cut brownies leaving a whole blanched almond in the middle of each brownies.
• 12 remove brownies carefully with spatula.