Strawberry Coconut Bars

Don't you just love a recipe that doesn't require any special ingredients? Something that entails a walk to the pantry instead of a trip to the grocery store? A bonus– this dessert is dee-lish.

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Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup flour, 2 cups sweetened coconut (divided), 1-1/2 cups oatmeal, 3/4 cup raspberry preserves

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together until fluffy.

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Add flour, 1 cup of coconut and oatmeal. Mix together.

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Set aside 1 cup of dough.

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Press remaining dough even over the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.

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Spread raspberry preserves over the dough.

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Crumble remaining dough over the preserves.

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 Sprinkle 1 cup of coconut over the dough.

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Pop in the oven for 25 minutes.

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Sweet satisfaction.

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Malia

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11 Comments

  1. That looks yummie! Going to try this today. I don’t have any raspberry preserves on hand. So I am going to use strawberry preserves. Hope your day will be blessed. Vicky

  2. Those photos are just jumping off the page and begging me to have a taste! I am passing by and following you from Monday Mingle at ToughCookieMommy.com. Thanks for participating and I hope to see you back there every Monday.