Lena horne's orange meringue squares
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter, softened |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | Orange, grated peel of | |
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ½ | cup | Fresh orange juice |
| ¼ | cup | Milk |
| TOPPINGS | ||
| 3 | Egg whites | |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Coconut, shredded |
Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a 13" x 9" pan. Cream sugar, butter and egg until fluffy; add orange peel. Combine flour, salt and baking powder with liquid; pour into pan. For topping, beat egg whites until very stiff. Add sugar and beat until very stiff. Fold in coconut, spread over batter. Bake 30-40 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.
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