Hawaiian Macadamia Coconut Squares

Ingredients

230 gr butter
450 gr brown sugar
16 gr instant coffee powder
2 gr cinnamon
2 gr salt
250 gr flour
3 eggs
9 gr vanilla
160 gr coconut
280 gr macadamia nuts

Instructions

Chopped DESCRIPTION: Macadamias and coconut top a brown-sugar coffee crust. Preheat oven to 325. Butter a 9x13 baking pan. CRUST: Beat buter, 1c brown sugar, instant coffee, quarter ts cinnamon and quarter ts salt together until light and fluffy. Add flour half c at a time until well blended. Spread evenly in buttered pan. Bake 20 minutes, cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. PASTRY: Beat together eggs, vanilla, remaining 1 c brown sugar, quarter ts cinnamon and quarter ts salt. Stir in coconut and macadamias. Spread evenlyover cooled baked layer. Bake 40-50 minutes or until golden and firm to the touch. Using a knife, loosen around edges while warm. Cool completely in pan on rack. Cut into 48 squares. Store airtight 1 week, freeze longer. From "The Joy of Cookies," ----