There has been very little time for baking at my house the past couple of months. However, I came across this recipe from my mother's box of recipes recently and when it was my turn to bring the goodies for after church coffee hour a couple of weeks ago, I decided to give them a try.
My grandmother loved to bake and this was one of her cookies. You can see that this recipe was well used and well loved. Seeing it in my mom's recipe box brought back some wonderful memories. My mom loves to bake too and since she has been staying here with us she was able to walk me through my first time making them for myself.
Coconut Lemon Squares
First Layer:
1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup soft butter
Mix together and pat down firmly in a 9x13 pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 10 min. Remove from oven and top with filling.
Filling:
2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 cup coconut 1 cup chopped walnuts
2 tbsp flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla
Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Then add all the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Spread evenly over the baked bottom mixture and return to the oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool slightly, While still warm spread lemon glaze over the top.
Lemon Glaze:
1 cup confectioner's sugar 1tbsp melted butter juice from one lemon (3 tbsp)
Cool completely before cutting into squares.
They were as delicious as I remembered! When I brought them to church not a crumb was left. By the way, I baked up the Amish Sugar Cookies above as well. That's another scrumptious recipe, If you have never baked them you can probably find the recipe for those on line. If you like coconut and lemon, give these squares a try. I don't think you will be disappointed.
Adieu!