♥ Recipe ♥

These fast and easy lemon bars are sure to impress! Recipe below.

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Corn Meal Lemon Bars

2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup fine yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
1 lemon, zested
1/2 cup slivered almond, chopped
1 jar lemon curd
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

1.Preheat oven to 375F. Grease a 9x13 baking dish.

2.Beat together butter and sugar. Add flour, cornmeal, salt and
lemon zest and beat until the dough just holds together. Fold in 1/
4 cup chopped almonds. Press mixture into prepared dish and bake
for 10-15 minutes, until the dough sets and the edges are golden.

3.Remove from the oven and evenly spread lemon curd. Sprinkle
the top with remaining 1/4 cup of slivered almonds and coconut.
Bake 20 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Remove from
oven, allow to cool and then cut into bars.