Recipe - Dutch Almond Bars

One half cup Butter
One half cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg yolk
1 cup Cake flour, sifted
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Almond paste or filling
2 Egg yolks
One half Lemon; juice of
3 Egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One half cup Coconut, flaked

Cream butter and One half cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add one egg plus one
egg yolk and cake flour. Beat until well blended. Spread in a 13" x 9" x
2" pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Mix sugar, almond paste or
filling, 2 egg yolks and lemon juice in electric mixer until blended. Fold
in egg whites and vanilla. Spread over baked crust and sprinkle flaked
coconut over top. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into
bars.

Source: Pink Parsley, Rockford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary (Rockford IL)

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