Congo Bars

Name: Congo Bars
Yield: Makes 36 bars
Ingredients: 1 cup, pecans (or walnuts); 1 1/2 cups, unsweetened shredded coconut; 1 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces); 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), melted and cooled; 1 1/2 cups, packed light brown sugar (10 1/2 ounces); 2 , large eggs, lightly beaten; 4 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 6 ounces, white chocolate chips (1 cup) or chopped bar, or 3 ounces each white chocolate and semisweet chocolate chips

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2005, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Brownies & Bars

Had a chewy, full-flavored blondie lately? Or one with coconut like this variation? No? Well, neither had we.

SERVESMakes 36 bars

TIME1¼ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Blondies are first cousins to both brownies and chocolate chip cookies. Although blondies are baked in a pan like brownies, the flavorings are similar to those in chocolate chip cookies—vanilla, butter, and brown sugar. They’re sometimes la...

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