Recipe - Chewy Coconut Bars

1 One fourth cup Pillsbury's Best AllPurpose
Flour*, sifted
One half teaspoon Doubleacting baking powder
One half teaspoon Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon French's cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon French's nutmeg
One half cup Butter
1 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
1 Egg; unbeaten
1 teaspoon French's vanilla
1 cup Quickcooking rolled oats
1 cup Coconut
One half cup Funsten's Nuts; chopped
Confectioners' sugar

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes 4 dozen. Sift together dry
ingredients. Cream butter then gradually add brown sugar creaming well. Add
egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Stir in oats, coconut, and nuts.
Spread in wellgreased 13 x 9inch pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees)
12 to 15 minutes. Before serving, cut into bars and roll in confectioners'
sugar. *For use with Pillsbury's Best SelfRising Flour, omit baking powder
and salt. Decrease soda to One fourth teaspoon.

NOTES : Developed by Ann Pillsbury. Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of
Christmas, Pillsbury, no date

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #841 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 12, 1997