Recipe: Dutch Almond Bars

Title: Dutch Almond Bars
Categories: Cookies, Ethnic
Yield: 50 servings

1/2 c Butter 1 c Almond paste or filling
1/2 c Sugar 2 Egg yolks
1 Egg 1/2 Lemon; juice of
1 Egg yolk 3 Egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 c Cake flour, sifted 1 ts Vanilla
1 c Sugar 1/2 c Coconut, flaked

Cream butter and 1/2 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)