These buttery coconut bars with chocolate chips are an easy dessert filled with lots of coconut and a little bit of chocolate.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Crust
2cupsflour
1cupbrown sugar
1cupbutter
Filling
1/2cupflour
1/4cupbrown sugar
3eggs
1can14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
2teaspoonsvanilla
1/4cupbutter
1cupchocolate chips
4cupssweetened shredded coconutdivided
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Line a 13x9 inch baking pan with parchment paper so that the paper extends up the sides of the pan.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of brown sugar and stir to mix well.
2 cups flour, 1 cup brown sugar
Melt 1 cup of butter in the microwave. Stir the melted butter into the flour mixture until well combined.
1 cup butter
Press the crust mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes.
Reduce the oven temperature to 325 F degrees.
To make the filling in a large bowl whisk together ½ cup of flour, ¼ cup of brown sugar, 3 eggs, 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3 eggs, 1 can 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk, 2 teaspoons vanilla
Melt ¼ cup of butter in the microwave and then stir into the filling mixture.
1/4 cup butter
Add the 1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips and 3 cups of the shredded coconut to the filling mixture and stir well.
1 cup chocolate chips, 4 cups sweetened shredded coconut
Pour the filling mixture over the baked crust. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 1 cup of coconut.
Bake the coconut bars as 325 F for 30 minutes, until golden brown on top.
Cool the bars in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully remove from the pan by lifting the sides of the parchment paper and moving the bars to a cooling rack.
Cool completely to room temperature, then cut into bars and serve.
Notes
These are also delicious with dark chocolate chips