Coconut Dream Squares

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• % cup butter
• ¥4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 142 cups shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped nut meats

Method

1. 1

   Combine flour and sugar, cut in butter until mixture is consistency of course meal.

2. 2

   Pat firmly into ungreased 9x12 pan and bake at 350° for 15 minutes.

3. 3

   Beat eggs until light.

4. 4

   Add sugar gradually, beating constantly with rotary beater until light and fluffy.

5. 5

   Sift flour and baking powder together and fold into egg mixture.

6. 6

   Add vanilla, nuts, and coconut and mix well.

7. 7

   Spread on top of the warm baked mixture in pan and return to oven for 20 minutes or until browned.

8. 8

   Makes 2 dozen bars 11% inches.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COCONUT DREAM SQUARES 1 cup flour % cup butter ¥4 cup brown sugar, packed Combine flour and sugar, cut in butter until mixture is consistency of. course meal. Pat firmly into ungreased 9x12 pan and bake at 350° for 15 minutes. 2 eggs 2 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla ¥Y cup flour 142 cups shredded coconut 1 cup chopped nut meats

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