Recipe courtesy of Joy of Cooking
the crust:
Preheat oven to 350 degress. Lightly grease a 9×12 pan.
cream until well blended:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
beat in:
1 egg
combine:
1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
add these dry ingredients in about 3 parts to the butter mixture, blending them well.
work in:
1/2 tsp vanilla
Use your hands to pat the dough evenly in the pan. Bake for about 15 minutes.
Spread crust with the following mixture:
2 beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecan meats
2 tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Bake for 25 minutes. When cool, ice with:
1 1/2 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar, thinned to a good spreading consistency with lemon juice.
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