Cookie Recipes
Coconut Bars
Elegant little bars with a "melt in your mouth" topping.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coconut Meringue
- 1 egg white, beaten until foamy
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2/3 cup flaked dried coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, cream together, butter, sugar, egg and egg yolk.
- In another bowl mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture, milk and vanilla extract to butter mixture beating well. Batter will be thick.
- Spread in a well-greased 8 inch square pan. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together egg white, brown sugar, coconut and vanilla extract. Spread mixture evenly over batter.
- Bake until golden on top and tester inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack, cut into bars and serve.
Attribution
Posted by bettyboop50 at recipegoldmine.com.