Cookie Dough:
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup butter or regular margarine
Filling:
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 1/2 cup flaked or shredded coconut
1 cup chopped nuts
2 TBLSP flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
Frosting:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 TBLSP melted butter or regular margarine
Juice of one lemon or 1 TBLSP of lemon juice
- Mix together ingredients for cookie dough; pat down well in buttered 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake in very slow oven (275 degrees) for 10 minutes.
- To make filling, combine eggs, sugar, coconut, nuts, flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Spread on top of baked mixture. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 20 minutes.
- While still warm, spread with frosting made by combining confectioners sugar, melted butter and lemon juice. Cool slightly; cut in 2 inch squares. Complete cooling on racks. Makes about 24.
