Crunchy Coconut Squares

Name: Crunchy Coconut Squares (Cuadritos de Coco Amelcochados)
Yield: Makes 48 squares
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 1½ cup fresh grated coconut meat or 1 can (3½ ounces) Baker’s Angel Flake Coconut, Sweetened; 2 tablespoons molasses; ¼ pound butter (at room temperature); 2 teaspoons flour; 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 cup flour; ½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed

Cuadritos de Coco Amelcochados

Preparation info

Makes
48
squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

¼ pound butter (at room temperature)
½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed

Americas
Puerto Rico
Dessert
Caribbean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a shallow aluminum pan, either 8 x 12-inch, or 9 x 10-inch.
Combine ingredients included in A and spread into pan. Bake for