Easy Walnut Slice

Virginia White

BASE
1/2 cup self raising flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut
60gms butter

TOPPING
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coconut
90gms walnut pieces
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Base: Sift flour into bowl, add sugar and coconut, mix well. Melt butter, add to dry ingredients, mix well. Press mixture into greased 28cm x 18cm tin, bake in 190 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Topping: Lightly beat eggs and vanilla with fork, add coconut, chopped walnuts, brown sugar, baking powder, mix well. Spread mixture over partly cooked base, return to oven and bake a further 25 to 30 minutes or until topping is cooked. Cool in tin; cut into squares or slices.