Janet's Dream Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 1/2 ounces flaked coconut
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup sifted flour

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 cookie crust: in a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. in a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder. add to butter/sugar mixture. (the original directions specify that the butter and sugar should be creamed together with a wooden spoon, by hand; and the flour mixture should also be worked in by hand. i don't do that -- i use my kitchenaid mixer).
• 3 pat into bottom of a 13 x 9 pan. bake 10 minutes or until golden. cool on wire rack.
• 4 filling: in a small bowl, beat eggs until light with an electric mixer. gradually beat in sugar. add vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder; beating just until combined.
• 5 stir in coconut and nuts.
• 6 spread evenly over cooled crust.
• 7 bake 25 minutes or until golden and firm to the touch. cool slightly. cut into bars while still warm.