Strawberry Coconut Squares
By
Karla Everett
@Karla59
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Ingredients
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FOR THE CRUST
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2 cflour
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1/2 cpowdered sugar
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1 cbutter or margarine
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FOR THE CENTER
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1/2 cstrawberry jam (i use my home made jam)
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4 largeeggs ; beaten
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2 csugar
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1/2 clemon juice
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2 tsplemon peel
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1/4 cflour
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1 1/2 ccoconut
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FOR THE TOP
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1 pkgpremade whipped cream cheese frosting
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·toasted coconut for garnish
How to Make Strawberry Coconut Squares
- For the crust: In your food processor mix together the flour , powdered sugar and butter until crumbly.
- Press crumbly mixture into a 13x9" glass baking dish (cake pan) and Bake @ 350° until lightly browned about 20 minutes.
- Once you take it out of the oven spread it with the strawberry jam or your favorite flavor of jam.
- Beat together the eggs , sugar , lemon juice and rind until smooth.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder and combine with the egg and sugar mixture and add the coconut.
- Pour over top of the jam layer and spread out evenly.
- Bake @ 350° for about 22-25 minutes ; cool , frost with a thin layer of the pre-made frosting and lightly sprinkle with the toasted coconut and cut into squares....Enjoy