Description
These decadent brownies have a delicious layer of coconut sandwiched between two chocolate layers. They were requested at a political campaign, at a social party and at my fiftieth anniversary.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 4 cups unsweetened flaked coconut
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl
- cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs
- one at a time
- then stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Combine the flour
- cream of tartar and cocoa; stir into the egg mixture until well blended. Fold in walnuts. Spread half of this mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Make the middle layer. In a medium bowl
- stir together the coconut
- sweetened condensed milk and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Carefully layer this over the chocolate layer in the pan. Top with the remaining chocolate batter. Spread to cover evenly.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven
- until top is no longer shiny. Cool in the pan before cutting into bars.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 18