Name: Dream bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 90 gram butter, softened; 1/3 cup butter, softened; 1 cup (150g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 2 tablespoon icing (confectioners') sugar; Topping; 2 eggs, beaten lightly; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (100g) firmly packed brown sugar; 1 tablespoon plain (all-purpose) flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/2 cup (135g) desiccated coconut; 1 cup (320g) bottled fruit mince

Dream bars

Quick, sweet, decadent and oh so delicious - it isn't hard to understand why we call these, 'dream bars'!

Makes 16

Prep

10M

Cook

40M

Total

50M

Ingredients

90 gram butter, softened

1/3 cup butter, softened

1 cup (150g) plain (all-purpose) flour

2 tablespoon icing (confectioners') sugar

Topping

2 eggs, beaten lightly

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup (100g) firmly packed brown sugar

1 tablespoon plain (all-purpose) flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 cup (135g) desiccated coconut

1 cup (320g) bottled fruit mince

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm x 30cm rectangular pan; line base and long sides with baking paper, extending the paper 5cm over sides.

2.Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in sifted flour.

3.Press mixture over base of pan. Bake base for 10 minutes.

4.Meanwhile, make topping: beat eggs, extract and sugar in a small bowl with the electric mixer until thick and creamy. Fold in sifted flour and baking powder; then coconut and fruit mince.

5.Spread topping on hot base; bake a further 30 minutes or until firm. Cool slice in pan. Just before serving, dust with sifted icing sugar.

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