Walnut Slices from Violet Cosimano

By sherryl61

Ingredients

• Buttercream Frosting:
• 1-1/2 cups brown sugar, divided use
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting, optional
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons milk

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 40mins
Cooking time 85mins

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 300 degrees.

Combine 1/2 cup of the brown sugar and the butter in a large bowl. Beat with electric mixer until fluffy.

Add 1 cup of the flour; beat until crumbly. Pat dough into 8- or 9-inch-square baking pan. Bake 20 minutes. Cool.

Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees.

Beat eggs in a medium bowl with mixer; beat in remaining 1 cup of the brown sugar.

Add vanilla; beat to mix. Mix remaining 2 tablespoons of the flour with baking powder and salt in small bowl; add to egg-brown-sugar mixture.

Stir in coconut and walnuts. Spread over prepared pastry. Bake 25 minutes. Cool.

For frosting, combine sugar, butter, vanilla and 1 Tablespoon milk in mixing bowl; stir until smooth. Add remaining milk as needed. Cut walnut pastry into squares. Frost squares (or dust with confectioners' sugar).

Yield: 16 bars