Tropical Bars
Ingredients
1¼ cups brown sugar, packed, divided
¼ tsp salt
¼ cup butter
1 tsp rum extract
½ tsp baking powder
1 cup flaked coconut
¼ cup chopped maraschino cherries
½ cup well-drained crushed pineapple
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F
- Lightly grease 9 inch square cake pan.
- Sift 1 cup flour and ¼ tsp salt into a bowl
- Add ¼ cup brown sugar and blend lightly
- Add butter and work into dry ingredients first by fork and then fingers until mixture is crumbly
- Press firmly into bottom of prepared pan
- Bake 15 minutes
- Remove from oven
- Beat egg thoroughly
- Add 1 cup brown sugar gradually, beating well after each addition
- Beat in rum extract
- Sift ½ cup flour, baking powder and ¼ tsp salt together
- Pour into egg mixture and stir to blend
- Stir in coconut, cherries and pineapple
- Spread over hot pastry layer
- Bake about 35 minutes or until well browned
- Cool in pan and cut into bars
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