Recipes
COCONUT SHORTBREAD BARS
Ingredients
8 oz all purpose flour, sifted
6 oz butter or margarine
2 oz sugar
½ cup sweetened grated coconut
1 tsp coconut essence
Pinch of salt
A little extra sugar for sprinkling
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a small square baking pan with margarine or lightly coat with cooking spray.
- Place flour, sugar, coconut and salt in a bowl and mix with a spoon to incorporate all the ingredients.
- Add the butter or margarine and essence. Using fingers or a pastry cutter, mix the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Press evenly into the prepared dish. Cut the dough into bars using the tip of a sharp knife.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove and cut along the same marks made before baking to cut them into bars. Sprinkle with the extra sugar.
- Let rest in pan for 5 minutes and then remove and place on a wire rack to cool.
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