orange coconut chews

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61 Pinches
Oshawa, ON
Updated on Mar 11, 2013

This is an awesome recipe from Jean Pare...I made these for 2 occasions this weekend and both times they were gobbled up fast and recipe requested...I did change things up a bit and made a different frosting...here is my version...enjoy!! Sorry..i didn't take a pic even after making it twice in one weekend!!

prep time 5 Min
cook time 30 Min
method ---
yield makes 25

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 large egg, fork beaten
  • 1 cup brown sugar , packed....i used organic coconut sugar
  • 1 cup chopped dates
  • 1 cup unsweetend coconut
  • 2 teaspoons orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

How To Make orange coconut chews

  • Step 1
    Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat ...add the next 6 ingredients. Mix really well. Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder. Add to coconut mixture and mix well. Put into a greased 8 x 8 pan and bake at 350 for 30 mins.
  • Step 2
    Cool and frost with your favorite frosting or use the recipe below.
  • Step 3
    Frosting: 1 1/2 cups of icing sugar 2 tbsps softened butter 1 1/2 tbsps of frozen concentrated orange juice thawed. Beat well and frost cooled bars.

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Category: Cookies
Keyword: #coconut
Keyword: #orange
Keyword: #dates
Keyword: #zest

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