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Maple Coconut Gooey Bars

Prep time: 15 mins  |  Cook time: 25 mins  |  Total: 40 minutes

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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

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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

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