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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Cookies, Bars	20	Bars

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Shortening; soft
1/3	c	Brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4	c	Sifted all-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Soda
1/2	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned)
2		Eggs
1	c	Brown sugar, firmly packed
1	tb	All-purpose flour
1	tb	Lemon juice
1		Lemon; grated peel only
1	c	Shredded coconut
1/2	c	Chopped pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

BUTTERSCOTCH BASE
COCONUT TOPPING
For base, beat shortening and sugar together until creamy.  Sift
together flour, soda and salt.  Add to creamed mixture; blend well.
Stir in oats. (This mixture will be very dry and crumbly.)  Pat into
a greased 11 x 7-inch baking pan.
For topping, beat eggs slightly.  Blend in remaining ingredients.
Pour over base.  Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) about 30
minutes. Cool; cut in bars.
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Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/quaker01.zip

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