Coconut Walnut Squares
This traybake is heavenly. A rich shortbread base is topped with a combination of brown sugar, walnuts and coconut for loads of gooey, chewy goodness. Cut into small squares, these are great for cake sales or afternoon treats.
Ingredients
Serves: 16
- 110g dark brown soft sugar
- 125g plain flour
- 110g butter or margarine, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 220g dark brown soft sugar
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 120g chopped walnuts
- 75g desiccated coconut
- 4 tablespoons icing sugar for dusting (optional)
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:50min
- Preheat the oven to 190 C / Gas 5. Grease a 20cm square baking tin.
- In a medium bowl, stir together 110g dark brown soft sugar and 125g flour. Stir in the melted margarine and vanilla until well blended. Press into the bottom of the prepared tin.
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Prepare the filling while the base bakes. In a medium bowl, beat eggs until light and foamy. Blend together the dark brown soft sugar, flour, baking powder and salt; stir into the eggs. Mix in the walnuts and coconut. Pour over the base and return to the oven.
- Bake for 15 more minutes in the preheated oven, until set. When cool, cut into squares. Dust with icing sugar to serve, if desired.
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Back in the fifties when I grew up, dream bars were an actual fad. My mom was a professional baker and made the best dream bars ever. Unfortunately, I don't have her recipe and my mouth was watering when I found this one. However, it was a huge disappointment. It is nothing like the original which were chewy and not so terribly sweet and sticky. I believe this recipe has too much sugar and not enough flour. The base has so much sugar that it gets too hard. The other ingredients are probably about right. I would like to see someone come up with one of the more satisfactory old recipes. I'm sorry to have to call this one a flop. - 17 Mar 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
These bars turned out just fine....but the flavor was lacking - non-descriptively just "sweet". Next time, I'll add some sort of "chips" - choc, pb, or cinnamin perhaps. - 28 Jul 2001 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
These were wonderful! I'm so glad I tried this recipe......they're like little pecan pie bars...my husband loved them! Very quick and easy....thanks! - 11 Feb 2001 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)