Cherry-pineapple Squares

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons icing sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, with juice
• 4 ounces maraschino cherries, drained and cut up fine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in a little cool water
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut, fine
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 egg whites, beaten stiff
• 5 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, icing sugar and butter with hands and press into an 8â€?square pan.
• 2 bake for 10 to 12 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
• 3 filling: put pineapple, its juice, cherries, and sugar in top of double boiler and when hot add cornstarch mixture.
• 4 cook until thick and clear, stirring continuously. remove from heat.
• 5 add coconut and almond flavouring and spread on top of first mixture.
• 6 topping: beat as for meringue and spread on top of filling. bake slowly for 20 minutes in 300 degree oven.