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Peanut Butter Coconut Bars

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Peanut Butter Coconut Bars
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 26 minutes
Total Time 36 minutes
Servings 32
Author Cookie Madness

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter (170 grams)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt plus an extra pinch
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, measured with a light hand (250 grams)
  • 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
  • ½ cup chopped roasted peanuts

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 15x10 inch baking pan. If making a half batch, use a 9 inch square pan.
  • Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the peanut butter until blended, then beat in the egg, vanilla and salt.
  • Add flour and stir until blended, then stir in coconut.
  • Spread in the pan, then sprinkle peanuts on the top. Bake for about 18 to 22 minutes (maybe up to 25) or until skewer inserted comes out clean.

Notes

-- For a half batch, use half the ingredients and bake in an 8 inch square pan.
-- If eggs are room temperature, you won't have to beat (whisk) them quite as hard to mix them with the other ingredients and will probably end up whisking less air into the batter. In my experience, whisking or stirring ingredients rather than beating them usually makes a denser, less cakey, bar. these are not cakey at all.