Ingredients:
- Butter (room temperature) 1/4 pound
- Icing sugar 2 tbsp
- Flour 1 cup
- Nutella 1/2 cup
- Eggs 2
- Light brown sugar 1-1/4 cups
- Vanilla 1 tsp
- Salt 1/4 tsp
- Baking powder 1 tsp
- Coarsely chopped almonds 1 cup
- Shredded coconut 1-1/2 cups
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 C .
- Butter and flour an 8 X 8-inch square baking dish.
- Beat the butter and add the icing sugar, 1 cup of flour, and blend.
- Pat evenly into the prepared baking dish and bake for 15 minutes.
- While the pastry is baking, beat the eggs, then add the brown sugar and the vanilla, beating until thick.
- Mix the remaining two tablespoons of flour, salt, and baking powder together and add to the egg mixture, incorporating well.
- Beat in the nuts and coconut.
- Spread the Nutella over the baked pastry.
- Cover with the nut and coconut mixture, spreading evenly.
- Bake for 25 – 30 minutes.
- Set baking dish on a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- Cut into bars.
