Coconut Blondies

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 3 in small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 4 in saucepan, melt butter over low heat.
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 stir in brown sugar and vanilla; add eggs, stirring until well blended.
• 7 stir in flour mixture into sugar mixture just until blended.
• 8 stir in coconut and pecans.
• 9 spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• 10 bake until toothpick inserted 2 inches from edge of pan comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• 11 do not overbake; blondies will firm as they cool.
• 12 cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• 13 when cool, cut lengthwise into 4 strips and then cut each strip crosswise into 6 pieces.
• 14 variations: pecan blondies--leave out coconut.
• 15 chocolate chip blondies--leave out coconut and stir in 1 (6 oz) package semisweet chocolate chips.