MAGIC COCONUT SQUARES

       ⅓ cup melted butter       8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips
       6 oz cookie crumbs        1-⅓ cup shredded coconut
       1 cup chopped nuts        14 oz sweetened condensed milk

Pour melted butter into the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan. Sprinkle the cookie crumbs evenly over the butter. Sprinkle the nuts evenly over the crumbs, and the chocolate over the the nuts. Sprinkle the coconut evenly over the chocolate. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over the coconut.

Bake at 350° for 25 minutes until lightly browned on top. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and cut into squares.

Adapted from the “Dessert Lovers’ Hand Book” (1969). Discover more vintage recipes at the Padgett Sunday Supper Club (clubpadgett.com)!