almond shortbread bars

1 cup of butter at room temperature, or if you would like 1 cup of butter flavored crisco with 2 tbspn of water at room temp, blend butter with 3/4 cups of sugar, beat in 1 tspn of almond extract or almond liquor until blended then add 2 cups of unbleached flour with 1/4 tsp of salt until well blended.  line a pan either square pan 8x8x2 or a 9" spring form round pan with parchment paper and oil pan, preheat oven to 325℉, take a cup of the blended pastry to the side and crumble it with 1/4 cup of almond paste place aside and a 1/2 cup of sliced almonds, press the rest of the pastry into your prepared pan, mix a cup of your favorite preserve, either apricot, marmalade or strawberry with 3 tblspns of either almond liquor or orange liquor with your marmalade once mix place it on top of your dough that was pressed into your pan, then place your almond paste dough crumble on top of the preserve and bake for at least an hour until golden brown and puffy, let cool and place onto a serving dish, ENJOY!