Apple Orchard Bars from: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Ingredients
- ½ cup melted butter (1 stick)
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 beaten eggs (you can beat them up with a fork)
- ½ cup rolled oats (uncooked oatmeal)
- 1 cup peeled chopped apple (I used 3 medium Gala apples)
- 2 cups flaked coconut
- 1½ cups flour (not sifted)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F., rack in the middle position.
- Melt butter, add the sugars, and stir.
- Add baking soda, salt, baking powder, vanilla, cinnamon, and beaten eggs. Mix well.
- Then add the oats, chopped apple and 1 ½ cups flaked coconut. (Reserve 1/2 cup for on top.)
- Add the flour and mix it all thoroughly.
- Grease a 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan.
- Spoon the dough in and smooth it with a rubber spatula.
- Sprinkle the 1/2 cup coconut you reserved evenly on top.
- Bake at 375 degrees F. for 25 to 30 minutes, or until slightly browned on top.
- Let cool and cut into bars like brownies.