Tom Thumb Cookies Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup walnuts
• 1 1/2 cups coconut

Recipe

• 1 base:.
• 2 cream shortening and 1/2 cup brown sugar.
• 3 add salt and 1 cup sifted flour.
• 4 mix until crumbly.
• 5 place in a well greased 7 x 11 inch pan.
• 6 bake in 325 degree fahrenheit oven for 15 minutes.
• 7 topping:.
• 8 while base if baking, mix 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder, salt, and eggs.
• 9 add brown sugar.
• 10 gradually add vanilla.
• 11 add nuts and coconut.
• 12 pour over partially baked base.
• 13 return to 325 degree fahrenheit oven for 25 minutes.
• 14 cut into bars.
• 15 yield depends on size of cuts.