Lemon Curd Bars

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups pillsbury best® all purpose flour 
• 0.5 cup almonds chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1 cup butter softened
• 0.8 cup coconut or flaked
• 20 ounce dickinson's® lemon curd 
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup sugar 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy.
2. Add flour, baking soda and salt.
3. Mix until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Pat 3/4 of mixture into bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
4. Bake 10 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and cool slightly.
6. Spread curd over baked layer.
7. Add coconut and almonds to remaining crumb mixture; stir to mix.
8. Sprinkle over curd.
9. Bake additional 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
10. Remove from oven and cool slightly. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into squares.