Coconut Nut Bars
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup cake flour
Mix ingredients together well, press into a cake pan about 8x8 inches in size and bake until light brown. Cover with the following:
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut, chopped
1 cup nuts, chopped
Beat eggs, add sifted sugar gradually and blend thoroughly. Add vanilla and flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted together. Add chopped coconut and nuts. Spread over the above baked mixture and bake in a 325 F oven 20 minutes. Makes 32 (1x2-inch) bars. Sprinkle top with tinted coconut.
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