Recipe - Coconut-Date Bars

1 One half cup Dates
Three fourths cup Water
One fourth cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
2 cup Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
Flour*
One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths cup Firmly packed brown sugar
Three fourths cup Butter
1 cup Coconut; chopped
One half cup Funsten's Nuts; chopped

*For use with Pillsbury's Best SelfRising 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 MCRecipe Digest V1 #853 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 19, 1997