Coconut & Raspberry Slice (getting my baking fix!)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a ever so slightly bored Clare in want of something to do will end up baking....

 .... and eating said baked goods...

.... and feeding them to her b/f (hahaha) and ever-expanding colleagues!

THANK YOU to everyone who has commented so far (and for the recipe!  It looks yummy!)

Today folks it was a brand spanking new recipe for me... 

Coconut Slices 

From the Channel 4 food website: http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/baking/biscuits/coconut-slice-recipe_p_1.html

Verdict: mmmm.... I'd write a verdict down if my brain was able to think of something other than how yummy these slices are!

Ingredients:

Base:

100g butter, plus extra for greasing

200g self-raising flour

50g caster sugar

2 egg yolks

Topping:

7 tbsp raspberry jam

3 egg whites

100g caster sugar

150g desiccated coconut

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.  Grease a dish (about 17.5 x 27 x 4cm deep) - I used a lasagne dish which worked quite well.

2) In a large bowl, rub the butter into the flour, then stir in the sugar.  Mix the egg yolks and 2 tbsp cold water to form a moist dough.  Press evenly into the base of the tin, then spread the jam on top.

3) In a clean (glass) bowl, whisk the egg whites to soft peaks (preferably with something whisk-like and  electric - I did this by hand.. with a fork!)

4) Using a metal spoon, fold in the sugar and coconut.  Spread over the jam.  Bake for 20 miutes, or until the topping is golden.

5) Cool in the tin, then cut into 21 squares to serve (or fewer, larger, squares if you're got a particularly bad case of the munchies!)