Almond Coconut Bars
These addicting bars are for almond-lovers!
Servings: 15 bars
Ingredients
CRUST:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk (save the white for the filling)
FILLING:
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 cup almond paste
- ½ medium lemon, juiced
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 2 teaspoons granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sweetened, shredded coconut
Instructions
PREPARE THE CRUST:
- Preheat the oven to 400℉
- In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the crust ingredients. Press the crust evenly into a 13x9-inch pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let the crust cool while you prepare the filling. Reduce the oven temperature to 350℉.
PREPARE THE FILLING:
- In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the sugar, almond paste, lemon juice and egg yolks; beat until well-blended.
- In a separate bowl, use clean beaters on your mixer to beat the THREE egg whites until fluffy. Then mix in the sugar and vanilla.
- Fold the egg whites into the sugar mixture and pour the filling over the crust. Sprinkle with coconut.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Then cool, and cut into bars.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 283kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 72mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg