Prune Bars

By MrAntman

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Ingredients

• Cookie Bottom
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• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/16 tsp salt
• Prunes Top
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• 1 1/4 cup dried prunes
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tbs grated orange peel
• 2 tbs cornstarch
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 can (3 1/2 oz) flaked coconut

Preparation

Step 1

Cookie bottom
Cream sugar, butter and eggs until fluffy. Then add the rest of cookie ingredients. Pat dough evenly into the bottom of a 9x9 pan.
Bake at 350° 10-12 minutes, then let cool 15 min.

Prune Top
Put prunes in a pan, cover with water and heat over medium for 30 minutes until plump. Keep 2 tbs of liquid for later, and drain the rest.
Remove pits if there are any. add the 2 tbs liquid to the salt, orange peel, orange juice, cornstarch, and plumped prunes to a sauce pan and simmer for a few minutes until thickened. Stir in walnuts and spread over cookie bottom. In a separate bowl beat eggs and stir in coconut then pour over prune mixture.
Bake at 350° for 25 minutes.