Calypso Coconut Bars

Ancel's Note:

This started as coconut Cocada, a 'zaar recipe from Sharon123, but here in the tropics it's difficult to get candies to set, and so my results soon became the base for a new recipe. This is a sweet, dense, coconut bar full of flavour and filling enough to serve as a desert in itself.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 16

Yield: 16.0 bars

• 2 cups brown sugar
• fresh lime juice (1 lime)
• 2 ½-3 cups fresh coconut (grated)
• 1⁄3; cup whole wheat flour
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch salt

Directions:

1. First boil sugar and lime juice to 230 degrees F.
2. Remove from heat and add coconut, stirring hard.
3. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
4. Mix in salt, flour and egg.
5. Pour into 9 inch square tray and bake at 350 degrees for 15 - 18 minutes until lightly browned.
6. Mark into 16 squares while still warm.