Toasted Coconut Bars

Gooey top, flakey bottom, and coconut perfection.

This is a two-layered cookie, with a flour/butter/sugar bottom layer. This bottom layer is flakey, but not too dry. Perhaps a tad crumbly.

The upper layer has eggs, brown sugar, coconut cream, vanilla, etc. Baking is in two stages, and waiting to taste these is torture! The instruction caution you to put the topping on evenly (egg/sugar mixture poured over lower level with sweetened coconut sprinkled on it). Ours wasn't perfectly even - some places there was plain coconut showing - but baking evened it up.

No salt called for - so I sprinkled a bit on top. Next time I'll add more (maybe 1/2 tsp).

These are similar to only of my childhood favorites, called dream bars.