My family recipes part 33

Coconut-Top Brownies

½ cup of sifted flour
½ teaspoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of salt
¼ cup of butter or other shortening
1 square of unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons of honey
¾ cup of brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 eggs, slightly beaten
½ cup of broken walnut meats

Coconut Topping Brownies

Sift flour, measure, add baking powder and salt, sift again. Melt shortening and chocolate in mixing bowl over hot water. Remove from water; add honey, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs and beat thoroughly. Add flour and mix well; add nuts. Turn into 8x8x2 inch pan, lined on bottom with paper and greased. Bake in moderate oven (350⁰) for 20 minutes. Spread with Coconut Topping; bake 20 minutes longer. Cool slightly and remove from pan. Cut into 1 ½ inch squares. Makes about 2 dozen brownies
Coconut Topping

Combine 1 ½ cups of coconut, finely cut, ¼ cup of sugar, 1 unbeaten egg white, 1 teaspoon of butter and ¼ teaspoon of almond extract in top of double boiler. Cook over boiling water for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.