Coconut Macadamia Nut Bars
Coconut Macadamia Nut Bars 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces 2 large eggs 1 cup dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla ext...
Ingredients
- 1cupall-purpose flour
- 1/3cupdark brown sugar
- 1/2cupcold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 2large eggs
- 1teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1/3cupflour
- 1/2teaspoonbaking powder
- 11/2 cups grated coconut
Directions
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Coconut Macadamia Nut Bars 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces 2 large eggs 1 cup
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Press into an 8-inch square baking pan and bake in the middle of a 350 degrees F oven for 20 minutes
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For the topping, beat eggs with the 1 cup brown sugar until thick and pale, then beat in vanilla extract
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Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt and fold mixture into the egg mixture
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Fold in coconut, macadamia nuts and lemon juice, spoon mixture over crust and bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees F
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Cool in the pan on a rack
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Cut into 2 x 1-inch bars and remove bars from pan carefully
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Sprinkle bars with confectioners' sugar