This recipe we've always known as ITALIAN BROWNIES... Not sure where that name came from... Mom makes these every year at Christmas. One nice adition is to sift powdered sugar over the top... for a pretty display. (also sweetens 'em up a bit)... 3 eggs 3 Tbsp. flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 2 1/4 C light brown sugar 1 C chopped nuts 3/4 C flaked coconut is my Mom's amounts but Dream Bars II turns out really delicious too... and less sugar..:) (makes up with the flaked coconut which is loaded with sugar) so either way it's about the same. Thanks for a good recipe.
I used the cocoa version and loved the flavor! I liked the coconut in it as well. Really yummy but to be honest I prefer brownies over these.
Not as tasty as I had hoped. A little bland but I think changing the ingredients slightly would help a lot. Something needs to make it sweeter.
made these for a few gatherings and they have been a big hit. Several have asked for the recipe. (made them without the cocoa)
Increased all the ingredients by 1/4 to make a jelly roll pan for a potluck. Also added a package of butterscotch chips. Baked the crust for 10 minutes and the bars for 20. They were fantastic! Thank you for a great recipe!!!
My husband loved this! Was looking for a particular Swedish dessert he liked that incorporated coconut and cocoa and found this. Not the same one but he loved it all the same! Quick and easy to make. Whipped some cream and added some vanilla sugar and sugar into it to make really sweet. Used cocoa in this one.
I made these today for the first time and love how easy and fool proof they are. These hold together well and taste great -- two requirements I have for a good bar cookie recipe.
This is a recipe my mother made when I was very small. when she sold her house a recipe book with many "handwritten " recipes were lost this was one of them Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We were from Missouri I wonder where the recipe started.
My daughter made these for me for my birthday just wanting something different my grand daughters and I wiped these out in one night they were so good I was amazed they were definatly a hit in this house