This bar has the two crusts as requested, and has a strong tangy lemon taste, so much better than most of the lemon bar recipes out there due to the lemon curd and added coconut!
Ingredients
- unsalted butter: 1 cup
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- white sugar: 1 cup
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- lemon curd: 1 jar (10 ounce jar)
- flaked coconut: 0.66667 cup
- and chopped almonds: 0.5 cup (toasted)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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In a large mixing bowl cream the butter. Add the flour, sugar and baking soda. Mix until the mixture forms coarse crumbs
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Pat 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of one 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool slightly.
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Spread the lemon curd over the baked layer. To the remaining 1/3 of crumb mixture add the coconut and the almonds. Sprinkle over the top of the lemon curd.
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Lower oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake bars for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
