For Immediate Release

Contact:
Priscilla Martel
Phone: (860) 526-4154
Email: pmartel@americanalmond.com

American Almond Makes the Real Deal, Two Dynamite Bakeable "Schmears" to
Make Your Home Baking Go from Good to Great

Brooklyn, NEW YORK June 22, 2004 - American Almond Products Company announces two Baker's Style "Schmears", delectable bakeable fillings designed to make a pro out of any novice. The Baker's Style NY Blackout Schmear is a satiny bakeable chocolate filling made with dark cocoa. The Baker's Style Almond Schmear, rich with ground almonds, is a smooth spread, developed for making ruggelach and other pastries. Each schmear is packed in an easy-to-open, pull-top can with a reusable plastic lid. Two distinctive recipe suggestions are on the back side of every label.

Thought to come from the Yiddish word shmirn, meaning to smear or to grease, a schmear makes filling flaky dough and pastry a breeze. To save time, bakers prepare big batches of their most popular fillings; nut, chocolate, spice and sugar blends are the most popular for filling ruggelach, Danish, croissants or babka. With American Almond's schmears, the mixing is done for you. Scoop it straight from the can then slather it on your favorite pie crust or cream cheese dough or use it with prepared pastry dough to make any cook a pastry maven. Use the Almond Schmear on purchased puff pastry for an easy turnover. The NY Blackout Schmear packs a wallop of chocolaty taste and can be swirled into cake batter before baking to make a marble cake anybody would love to nosh.

For more than 80 years, American Almond Products Company has been America's leading manufacturer of artisan-quality specialty nut ingredients for professional bakers, pastry chefs and chocolatiers nationwide. Now, the company's most popular products- Traditional Almond Paste and Marzipan, Roasted Almond Butter, Roasted Hazelnut Praline, Natural Pistachio Nut Paste, Baker's Style Prune Lekvar, Poppy Seed Filling, Almond Schmear and NY Blackout Schmear- have been conveniently sized for home use. Each is packed in an easy-to-open, pull-top can with a closable plastic lid. Two distinctive recipe suggestions are on the back side of every label. All products are Kosher certified by OK Laboratories. The company is making its retail debut at this year's Summer 2004 Fancy Foods Show (Booth #5345) at the Jacob Javits Center June 27-29 in New York City.

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