Recipe - Raspberry Meringue Bars

1 cup Butter or margarine,
softened
One half cup Firmly packed brown sugar
1 Egg
2 cup Allpurpose flour
1 cn SOLO or
1 cn BAKER Raspberry Filling

MERINGUE TOPPING
3 Egg whites
Three fourths cup Granulated sugar
One half cup Shredded coconut
One half cup Slivered almonds

Preheat oven to 325'F. Grease 13x9" baking pan. Beat butter and brown
sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and
fluffy. Add 1 egg; beat until blended. Stir in flour until well combined.
Pat dough evenly in prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven;
spread raspberry filling over crust. (Do not turn oven off.)

FOR MERINGUE TOPPING, beat egg whites in medium bowl with electric mixer
at high speed until soft peaks form. Add granulated sugar gradually; beat
until stiff and glossy. Fold coconut and almonds into beaten egg white
mixture. Spread over raspberry filling. Return to oven. Bake 20 minutes or
until meringue topping is lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire
rack. Cut into 48 bars.

Makes 48 bars.

From Favorite All Time Recipes Homemade Holiday Cookies, Publication
International, Ltd., ISBN 078530147X.

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