Coconut Macdamia Bars

• CRUST
• 1 1/4 cups All purpose flour
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 10 tablespoons Cold butter, cut in 1/2" chunks
• 1 large Egg yolk
• 2-3 tablespoons Heavy cream
• FILLING
• 2 tablespoons All purpose flour
• 3 Large eggs
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 4 tablespoons Butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 teaspoon Coconut extract
• 1 7 oz package sweetened flaked coconut
• 3/4 cup Macadamia nuts, chopped

1. In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add butter chunks and work in with a pastry blender until butter is the size of peas. Mix yolk and 2 Tbl of cream in a small bowl. Add to flour and butter mixture. Mix until dough forms in clumps, adding more cream if necessary. (Can be made in a food processor) Press evenly in 9x13 pan (glass preferred) Bake at 350* 15-20 mins. until pale golden. Let crust sit and cool a bit while you make filling. Maintain oven temp.
2. In a med bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, eggs, butter and extracts until well blended. Stir in coconut and nuts. Spread evenly over crust. Bake until golden, 20-25 mins. Cool about 30 mins then cut into bars or squares. (I cut into 35 small squares.)

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/70068-coconut-macdamia-bars (may not work)