Aless and I dug into my grandmother’s recipe tin this morning after we enjoyed a much-needed nap together. At the very bottom of the tin, we found a little booklet from Woman’s Day Kitchen (1962) that contained a delightful collection of recipes for holiday cookies. As we all know, cookies are a Christmas tradition whether making and serving them, hanging them on the tree or even giving them as gifts. Here is one recipe that was circled by my grandmother – holiday coconut squares. Enjoy!
Holiday Coconut Squares
Recipe Type: Desserts & Cookies
Cuisine: American
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Serves: Many
A plain cookie base with chewy coconut as a topping.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup soft butter
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 1 1/4 cups flour, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 1/2 ounces flaked coconut
Instructions
- Heat over to 375 degrees F.
- Cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light.
- Add 1 cup flour and mix well.
- Pat into greased 13″ x 9″ x 2″ pan.
- Bake in oven approximately 10 minutes.
- Mix 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour and remaining ingredients.
- Spread evenly over baked mixture.
- Bake approximately 20 minutes.
- While warm, cut into 4 dozen squares.
- Cool in pan.
- (Good for keeping and shipping.)
