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Coconut Bars

Ingredients

Crust
1 cup sifted flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
½ cup shortening
1/8 tsp salt

Topping
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
2 Tbs flour
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cups chopped shredded coconut

Instructions

Crust

Sift together flour, brown sugar, and salt. Ct in shortening. Press mixture into greased 8x8x2 inch pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Note: best is 7×11 inch pan is used.

Topping

Beat eggs slightly, add sugar. Add sifted flour, soda and salt to eggs. Fold in vanilla and coconut. Spread evenly over hot baked crust. Bake 20 to 25 minutes longer at the same temperature. Cool and cut into squares.

Recipe Yield

Makes about 2 - 3 dozen bar cookies 1x

Cookie Category:  Bars

Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆