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Passion and Coconuts
Lynn, Fecteau
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This recipe is taken from one of our all-time
favorite "community"
cookbooks. In addition to having excellent recipes and being extremely
well edited, it features narratives by two renowned Jackson, MS natives,
Beth Henley and
Eudora Welty.
Hawaiian Coconut Bars
Standing Room Only - A Cookbook for Entertaining *
New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS, 1983, Barbara Austin, General Editor
- Martin and Janice Cate
Bottom layer:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
Filling:
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons flour
Dash of salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups coconut flakes
1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
Frosting:
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
For the bottom layer: Cream all ingredients; pat into bottom
of an ungreased 11-by-7-by-1 1/2-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15
minutes. Cool.
Filling: While bottom layer cools, cream eggs, sugar, and
vanilla. Blend
in remaining ingredients. Pour over baked, cooled bottom layer. Return
to
350-degree F. oven; bake for 20 minutes longer. Cool.
Frosting: Blend all ingredients thoroughly. Spread over
filling after it has cooled. Cut into bars.
* For your sake, I do hope
this wonderful cookbook is still available:
New Stage Theatre, 1100 Carlisle Street, Jackson, MS 39202
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