Black Walnut-Coconut Bars

Found this in an older Southern Living Christmas Cookies Book.. Very nice and easy to make.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 18 bars

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups  firmly packed brown sugar, divided
• 1  cup all-purpose flour, divided
• 1  teaspoon all-purpose flour, divided
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups flaked coconut
• 1  cup  chopped black walnut

Directions

1. Combine ½ cup brown sugar and 1 cups flour in a medium mixing bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press dough evenly into a 8-inch square baking pan; bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. Combine 1 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon flour, salt, eggs, vanilla, coconut, and black walnuts in a medium mixing bowl. Pour over baked crust. Bake at 375 degrees for 22 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Cut into bars.