Coconut Bar Cookie Recipe

Using the following ingredients for this coconut bar cookie recipe:

Unsalted butter, softened	½ cup or 1 stick
Light brown sugar, packed	¼ cup
Egg	1 large
All purpose flour	½ cup
Baking soda	¼ tsp
Salt	¼ tsp
Cinnamon	1 tsp
Sweetened shredded coconut	1½ cups
Dried fruits,	½ cup
preferably cranberries or cherries

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and grease an 8-inch square baking pan or line it with parchment paper.

• Cream softened butter with sugar until smooth.

• Add egg and mix well.

• Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt and combine.

• Thoroughly mix in coconut and dried fruits.

• Spread batter evenly into prepared baking pan.

• Bake for about 20 minutes or until cookies are browned and firm to touch.

• Cool completely in baking pan on wire rack before cutting.

Idea for this coconut bar cookie recipe is from Big, Soft, Chewy Cookies by Jill Van Cleave.