Recipe For Cooking Coconut Bars

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Coconut Bars

Posted by bettyboop50 at recipegoldmine.com

Elegant little bars with a "melt in your mouth" topping.

1/2 C. butter or margarine, softened
1 C. sugar
1 whole egg
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 C. flour
1 tea. baking powder
1/2 tea. salt
2 Tbsp. milk
1/2 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Coconut Meringue
1 egg white, beaten until foamy
1 C. firmly packed light brown sugar
2/3 C. flaked dried coconut
1/2 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Preheat 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 to butter mixture beating well. Batter will be thick.

Spread in a well-prepared 8-in. square pan. Set aside.

In a sm. bowl, stir together egg white, brown sugar, coconut and vanilla extract or flavoring. Spread mixture evenly over batter.

Bake until golden on top and tester inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 30 to 35 min. Cool on wire rack, cut into bars and serve.