Chocolate Coconut Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 125 g butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed to measure
• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup self-raising flour
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 egg
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 teaspoon soft butter or 1 teaspoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190°c
• 2 melt the butter over a low heat.
• 3 stir in the sugar, coconut, sifted flours and cocoa, then the lightly beaten egg.
• 4 spread mixture evenly over the base of a well greased 28cm x 11cm (11in x 7 in) lamington tin.
• 5 bake 20 minutes, or until the slice is just firm to the touch.
• 6 spread with the icing immediately, stand for 10 minutes and then sprinkle over a little dessicated coconut if desired.
• 7 cut into bars and cool in the tin.
• 8 to make the icing: sift the icing sugar ad cocoa into a bowl, stir in the butter and enough of the milk to make a thick paste.