Honey-nut Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk
• chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 beat butter or margarine and shortening in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• 2 add honey, baking powder, and salt.
• 3 beat until combined.
• 4 beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.
• 5 beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer.
• 6 stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon.
• 7 stir in coconut and 1 cup walnuts.
• 8 spread batter in a greased 13x9x2-inch pan. bake in a 350 degree f oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan on a wire rack.
• 10 meanwhile, for the powdered sugar icing, stir together sifted powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk.
• 11 stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until icing is drizzling consistency.
• 12 drizzle with powdered sugar icing; sprinkle with nuts.
• 13 cut into bars.
• 14 store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
• 15 make-ahead tip: bake bars as directed and cool completely. do not frost with icing. place uncut bars in a freezer container and freeze for up to 1 month. before serving, cut into bars and thaw for 15 minutes. drizzle with icing and sprinkle with nuts.