Lemon Bars with Almonds

Ingredients:
1 + 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine

2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 + 1/2 cups flaked coconut
1 cup sliced almonds
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Lemon Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. butter
lemon juice (enough to make the icing thin)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Mix together the 1 +1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and the 1/2 cup butter (or margarine) in a medium bowl. Press ingredients into a buttered pan and bake at 275 degrees for 10 minutes.

While crust is baking, mix together the remaining ingredients and stir until well blended. When crust is done baking, spread the mixture over the crust carefully. Change the oven temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking the bars for about 20 minutes (until the top is golden brown). Spread lemon icing over the bars while they are still warm and cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 40 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom