dream bars
(3 ratings)
My grown granddaughter, Tara laughed her head off when she saw my old yellowed, butter stained recipe card from when I was about 14!! LOL So of course we HAD to make these bars! We of course took pictures (she's the techie). Everyone ohhed and ahhed and closed their eyes as they ate them!! Hope you love them too!
(3 ratings)
yield
16 -20 bars
prep time
20 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For dream bars
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1/2 cbutter, room temperature
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1 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 1/2 ccoconut, shredded
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1 call purpose flour, sifted
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1/2 tspsalt
- PINNEAPPLE FILLING
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1 cpineapple, crushed with juice
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3/4 csugar
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3 Tbspcornstarch
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1/4 tspsalt
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1 Tbspbutter
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1 Tbsplemon juice, fresh
How To Make dream bars
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1Heat oven to 350. Butter and flour 9" square pan.
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2Cream together butter and sugar; add coconut, flour and salt; mix until crumbly. Press 1/2 of crumb mixture firmly in 9" pan. -
3Pinneapple Filling: In a sauce pan, mix together pineapple, sugar, cornstarch and salt; bring to a boil. Cook until thickened and clear (about 5 minutes), stirring constantly. Remove from heat; blend in butter and lemon juice; cool slightly.
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4Spread filling evenly over crumb mixture.
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5Cover with remaining crumb mixture; press top layer down firmly (it will feel giggely). Bake 35 minutes in middle of oven.
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6ENJOY!!! HAPPY DREAMING!
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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