Syltkokosrutor (Finnish Jam and Coconut Squares)
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
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Pastry
- 8 ounces butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup jam, your choice or 1/2 cup jelly, for the filling your choice
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Coconut Topping
- 5 egg whites
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1⁄4 cups flaked coconut
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1⁄2 cup sliced almonds
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Mix the ingredients for the pastry and press it into a 13 X 9 inch, greased, pyrex baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes until almost done.
- Stir together the ingredients for the coconut topping in a saucepan. Simmer while stirring until thick but still runny. The batter must not boil!
- Remove pastry from oven after 20 minutes, and spread jam or jelly of your choice over the warm pastry. Drop the coconut mixture on top and level it with a spatula. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. Return to oven and bake another 10 minutes (the coconut mixture should set slightly and become golden brown).
- Cut into squares while still warm and cool completely in pan.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.