Queen Anne Squares

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Queen Anne Squares. Another ordinary cookie bar in Newfoundland, highly on the Holidays. It reminds me of a cookie bar model of the Mounds sweet bar.



Ingredients:

 For the backside layer

  • 2/3 cup butter melted
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup flour
  • 4 Tbsp cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 further big egg or 1 1/2 medium

For the coconut layer

  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk (300 ml can) 14 oz in US
  • 2 cups dried unsweetened coconut medium or high-quality cut
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the chocolate frosting

  • 2 cups icing sugar powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 or 3 tbsp milk
  • 1/4 cup butter


Instructions:

 To make the backside layer

  • Beat collectively all ingredients till smooth, then unfold evenly into the backside of a calmly greased and parchment paper lined 9×9 inch baking pan.

To practice the coconut layer

  • Mix collectively the 3 ingredients till totally mixed then drop via heaping teaspoonfuls onto the cake batter layer. Spread out carefully.
  • Bake at 350 stages F for 25 -30 minutes. Cool totally earlier than together with the chocolate frosting on top.

To make the chocolate frosting

  • Beat collectively the icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla butter and slightly of the milk.
  • Add in simple terms sufficient milk to convey the frosting to a soft but spreadable consistency. A frosting it is a piece on the thick consistency part works greatest here.
  • Spread on the cooled cookies and cut into squares or bars.




I’ve typically obtained requests for this recipe from readers of the webpage but I had via no means really made Queen Anne Squares. They are a native favorite in these components and also you may just discover them in lots of native bakeries.


I placed out the name for a recipe on our Facebook web page and got a pair of responses with moderate alterations on what was the similar primary recipe. I did regulate it to make the moist cake base slightly thicker to higher aid the delicious coconut filling and chocolate frosting top.


This may just were my first time making these but really won’t be my last. Spouse says they remind her of a cookie model of 1 among her favorite sweet bars, a coconut “Bounty” bar. In the states that can be the similar of a “Mounds” Bar or an “Almond Joy” with out the almonds.

Hmmm… Now I’m pondering a few toasted almonds on upper may just be good. Maybe a brand new model may just well be within the works! Stay tuned!

When together with layers to any unbaked cookie bar recipe, spoon the filling throughout the floor of the backside layer earlier than levelling. This ensures even distribution of the weight and enables get even layers during the baked cookies.


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Recipe Notes
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