Name: Dream Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Bottom Layer:; ½ cup shortening; ½ cup brown sugar; 1 cup all purpose flour; ½ tsp salt; ½ cup quick cooking oats; For Upper Layer:; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp all purpose flour; ½ cup coconut; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ cup pecans

Dream Bars Recipe

Ryan Rhodes Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Dream Bars

Savor each bite of these delightful 2-layer dream bars that have shredded coconut, chopped pecans, and oatmeal for chewy and chunky baked treats.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Bottom Layer:

½cupshortening
½cupbrown sugar,packed
1cupall purpose flour
½tspsalt
½cupquick cooking oats

For Upper Layer:

1cupbrown sugar,packed
1tspvanilla extract
2eggs
2tbspall purpose flour
½cupcoconut,shredded
½tspbaking powder
½cuppecans,chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Bottom Layer:

Cream the shortening with brown sugar. Add the flour, salt, and oats and blend.
Press into the bottom of 1 8×12-inch baking dish.
Bake for 15 minutes.

Upper Layer:

Beat the eggs well. Then, beat in the brown sugar and the vanilla. Stir in the flour and baking powder, blending well.
Stir in the coconut and pecans. Spread over the top of the baked bottom layer.
Return the dish to the oven and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes at 300 degrees F. Let cool.
Serve and enjoy.