Coconut Bars

I saw this recipe online and scrawled it on a piece of paper over thanksgiving weekend. Just putting it here for safekeeping until christmas. From gourmet, october 1953.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1  cup  sifted flour
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup  chopped walnuts
• 1⁄2 cup  shredded coconut
• 2  teaspoons flour
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt (just a pinch, really)
•  powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Cream butter and gradually add 1/2 cup brown sugar. Stir in 1 cup sifted flour. Spread batter in 8 x 8 pan and bake 20 minutes.
3. Beat 2 eggs and 1 cup brown sugar together until smooth. Stir in vanilla, walnuts.
4. Toss coconut with remaining flour and pinch of salt, and stir into egg mixture.
5. Spread over baked crust and bake 20 minutes more.
6. Cool, dust with powdered sugar, and cut into 24 bars.