Dutch Almond Bars

Ingredients

110 gr butter
300 gr sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
130 gr cake flour
120 gr almond paste
2 egg yolks
1/2 lemon
3 egg whites
4 gr vanilla
40 gr coconut

Instructions

Cream butter and half cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add one egg plus one egg yolk and cake flour. Beat until well blended. Spread in a 33 cm x 23 cm x 5 cm pan. Bake at 200ºC or 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 160ºC or 30 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.