Coconut Dream Bars
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 20 Categories:
Bars
/
Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----BUTTERSCOTCH BASE----- 1/3
c
Shortening,
soft
1/3
c
Brown sugar, firmly packed 3/4
c
Sifted all-purpose flour 1/2
ts
Soda 1/2
ts
Salt 3/4
c
Quaker Oats, uncooked
-- (quick or old-fashioned)
-----COCONUT TOPPING----- 2
Eggs 1
c
Brown sugar, firmly packed 1
tb
All-purpose flour 1
tb
Lemon juice 1
Lemon,
grated peel only
1
c
Shredded coconut 1/2
c
Chopped pecans
Directions:
For base, beat shortening and sugar together until creamy. Sift
together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture; blend well.
Stir in oats. (This mixture will be very dry and crumbly.) Pat into
a greased 11 x 7-inch baking pan.
For topping, beat eggs slightly. Blend in remaining ingredients.
Pour over base. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) about 30
minutes. Cool; cut in bars.
Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with
permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of
Karen Mintzias
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