Recipe: Coconut Chews Cookies with Orange-Lemon Icing - Betty Crocker Recipe Card #G14

COCONUT CHEWS COOKIES

Chewy rich cookies with a brown buttery crust. Good keepers, too! Try them sometime without the icing or topped with a scoop of ice cream.

3/4 cup shortening (half butter or margarine)
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal flour
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup flaked coconut
Orange-Lemon Icing (recipe below)

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream shortening and confectioners' sugar. Blend in 1 1/2 cups flour. Press mixture in bottom of ungreased baking pan, 13x9x2 inches.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes.

Mix remaining ingredients; spread over hot baked layer.

Bake 20 minutes longer. While warm, spread with Orange-Lemon Icing. Cool; cut into bars, about 3x1 inch.

ORANGE-LEMON ICING:
Mix 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted, 3 tablespoons orange juice and 1 teaspoon lemon juice until smooth.

Makes 32 bars
Source: Betty Crocker Recipe cards (1971)
Come for Coffee #G14 - Coconut Chews