Coconut-date bars

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Dates
¾ cup Water
¼ cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
2 cups Pillsbury's Best All Purpose Flour*
½ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Firmly packed brown sugar
¾ cup Butter
1 cup Coconut; chopped
½ cup Funsten's Nuts; chopped

Directions

*For use with Pillsbury's Best Self-Rising Flour, omit salt. BAKE at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. MAKES about 3 dozen. Combine dates, water and sugar in saucepan. Bring to boil. Simmer, stirring constantly, until thick.

Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice. Sift together the flour, salt, and stir in the brown sugar. Cut into the dry mixture the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir n coconut and nuts. Press half of crumb mixture in the bottom of a greased 13 x 9 inch pan. Spread with the filling. Sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture; press down lightly.

Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) 30 to 35 minutes. Cool; cut into bars.

NOTES : Recipe developed by Ann Pillsbury. Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, undated booklet Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #853 by NGavlak@... on Oct 19, 1997

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