Whole Wheat Almond Bars Recipe

Whole Wheat Almond Squares are delicious little cakes made with whole wheat flour and ground almonds. These almond bites make a wonderful option as an after dinner dessert or a tea-time snack. Cinnamon powder and cardamom powder are used to add flavour to these delicious cakes along with vanilla essence. You can pack these Whole Wheat Almond Squares into the school snack box too.  Whole Wheat Flour, Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini), Cardamom Powder (Elaichi), Baking powder, Salt, Whole Almonds (Badam), Butter (Salted), Brown Sugar (Demerara Sugar), Whole Eggs, Vanilla Extract, Whole Almonds (Badam)   1-1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini) 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi) 2 teaspoons Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1/2 cup Whole Almonds (Badam) , ground into a coarse powder 1/2 cup Butter (Salted) , room temperature  1-1/4 cup Brown Sugar (Demerara Sugar) 2 Whole Eggs 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1/4 cup Whole Almonds (Badam) , coarsely pounded or halved irregularly     10   90     To begin making the Whole Wheat Almond Squares Recipe, we will first preheat the oven to 180 C. Grease and flour a square baking pan. Keep this aside.Next, add in the whole wheat flour, ground almonds, cinnamon powder, cardamom powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium sized bowl and mix everything together. Once done, keep it aside.Now in another large bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer add in the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla essence. Blend all the ingredients together thoroughly until the mixture is light and fluffy.Stir in the dry ingredients into this egg butter batter and beat until well combined. Now transfer the batter into the prepared cake pan. Sprinkle the roughly chopped almonds on the top to give the cake an added crunch.Bake this for 45 to 55 minutes or until a tester inserted in the centre of the batter comes out clean. Once done, remove from the oven and set it aside. Cool the cake completely before slicing them into squares, or else they might break up.Serve Whole Wheat Almond Squares Recipe along with Watermelon Smoothie Recipe as an after school snack.