Maple Coconut Gooey Bars
Ingredients
1 and 1/2 sticksvbutter (3/4 cup), room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoons salt
Filling
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
5 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup coconut flakes
Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer, beat the butter sugar and egg yolks together until just mixed. Add the flour nd salt, mix again until the dough starts to get crumbly. Press dough into an 8×8 baking pan. Press dough so it’s even throughout the pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
- While crust is baking, in a saucepan over medium heat, add the maple syrup, brown sugar, condensed milk and butter. Stir together and heat until the mixture just start to get bubbly. Remove from heat.
- Pour the mixture over the crust and then bake again for about 25 minutes. Then sprinkle the bars with the coconut flakes and bake again for another 3 minutes until you can see the coconut just start to brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely before attemtping to cut bars. Dust bars with powdered sugar after cool and before serving. Enjoy!
Original recipe by Olive and Artisan