Pineapple Coconut Bars Recipe

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9 inch square baking pan.
In large mixing bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs, pineapple and rum, mix well. In separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add to egg mixture and beat until well blended. Blend in coconut and spread batter evenly in bottom of pan.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool on wire rack before cutting into bars.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (24 total)

Calories
109 cal
5%

Fat
5.4 g
8%

Carbs
14.7 g
5%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Reviews (16)

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Donna123

Apr. 9, 2012

"Don't give a recipe a bad review when you jack it up with your own substitutions!!! I have made this several times as written and they turn out great with requests for the recipe ......" See more"

Melisagal

Jul. 26, 2006

"I made a few changes. Drained crushed pineapple ( I put in the big can of crushed pineapple ) & baked it in a 13 x 9. It came out really good...dense and moist. You might want to serve warm with vanil..." See morela ice cream. Yum. AND I doubled the batch. The picture looks good right? That is the 1st photo I have submitted."

BFREE

Sep. 21, 2007

"I tripled this recipe for a dessert for a Jamaican party. I used 2 -20 oz cans of drained crushed pineapple. I baked it in a very large sheet cake pan. I saved some of the pineapple juice and mixed ..." See moreit with powdered sugar and piped it over the bars like a strudel effect. There were only crumbs left. I agree that vanilla ice cream would be wonderful with the bars, and macadamia nuts might be good in them as well."

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