James Beard's Vadis Bars

• 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 34 lb unsalted butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons of grated lemon zest
• 3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 6 hard-boiled egg yolks, mashed
• 4 raw egg yolks
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 12 cup heavy cream
• 12 lb unsalted butter
• 3 cups blanched sliced and toasted almonds (about 10 oz.) or 3 cups hazelnuts (about 10 oz.)
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1. Put the flour and other dough ingredients in a mixing bowl.
2. With your hands, slowly work to mix the flour into the other ingredients, making an orange ball of dough.
3. When everything is mixed smoothly, spread dough on a lightly greased 11 x 16-inch jelly roll pan.
4. Place in the refrigerator to cool as you make the topping.
5. Get a heavy saucepan and combine sugar and lemon juice.
6. Stir over low heat until the sugar is melted.
7. Add the butter and cream, stirring, until the mixture boils.
8. Continue to stir until smooth.
9. Add the nuts of your choice, the vanilla extract, stir gently, and set aside to cool.
10. Take jelly roll pan with dough out of refrigerator and bake it in a preheated oven at 325 F for 20 minutes.
11. Remove pan from oven, spread butter crunch topping over dough, and bake an additional 10 minutes, or until top is bubbling.
12. Remove from oven, cool, and cut into 70 small bars with a greased knife.

flour, sugar, unsalted butter, salt, lemon zest, lemon juice, egg yolks, egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice, heavy cream, butter, blanched, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/james-beards-vadis-bars-456691 (may not work)