YUM YUM BARS

    This recipe goes back a long time.....My Mom introduced these one year at Christmas.   I don't know exactly when, but she specifically noted that "my husband loves these".....and he does!  

I chose to make them for his birthday.  They're a bar cookie and the recipe uses a 9x9 pan.  So, if you're like me and you really don't want a lot of cookies in the house, this one might be the one to reach for from time-to-time.  

It's a great combination of coconut, caramel sauce and chocolate.

TIP:  I make a parchment sling and place that in my pan....it makes it so much easier to remove them from the pan. 

INGREDIENTS:

Cookie:

1/3 cup butter or margarine

1 cup flour (high altitude flour for us folks in the mountains)

¼ cup packed brown sugar

2 cups flaked coconut

½ cup caramel sundae sauce

2 Tbsp. milk

2 Tbsp. flour

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

¼ cup powdered sugar

Frosting:

¼ cup chocolate chips

1 Tbsp. butter or margarine

1 Tbsp. milk

¼ cup powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS:

Cut butter into flour and sugar until particles are fine (with mixer, use low speed.  I find if I take it just to the point that the dough pulls together, it not only presses into the pan more easily, but they also come out of the pan beautifully.)   Press dough into bottom of ungreased 9x9, 10x8, or 11x7 pan. 

Combine remaining ingredients; using an offset spatula, spread the mixture carefully over crust.  Bake at 360 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.  Cool.    While the cookies cool, make the frosting by melting together the ingredients in the microwave or on the stovetop. 

Use a knife to loosen the edges of the cookie from the sides of the pan.  Then lift the sling from the pan.  I use the "fork" method to drizzle the chocolate over the top.    Slice into 3x1 inch bars. 

Enjoy!

recipe c/o:  Hungarian Flour cookbook (133 bar cookie recipes from the high country)