Mom-We’re Having a Bake Sale at School
There was a time when these words would strike terror into my heart. This was the “super”-mom time in my life when I worked outside the home and had three very busy kids that needed my lunch making, teaching assistance and chauffeur skills. I was also overly concerned about what other people would “think” about my contribution and would work hard to find the perfect treat-nutritous yet practical and delicious.
I have mellowed as I have matured and was flattered when Daughter #2 asked for my contribution to help raise funds to get her to a university conference on social justice and humanitarian assistance. I peered in the pantry, saw that we had coconut, raisins, pecans and lots of brown sugar and made a bold decision-butter tart slice it is!
I am fond of mixing ingredients up but not of rolling, shaping, pressing, etc. etc. I love recipes where you get out your biggest mixing bowl-stir it all up and pour it in a pan. Such is the case with these (recipe is very easy to double):
Crust:
1 c butter
2 c flour
1/4 c sugar
pinch salt
Filling:
1/4 c butter
3 beaten eggs
2 c brown sugar
1 T baking powder
pinch salt
3/4 c coconut
1 t vanilla
1 c raisins (I always soak mine first)
1 T flour
1 c coarsely chopped pecans
Crust
Cut butter into dry ingredients with pastry blender until crumbly, Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan.
Filling:
Melt butter, add eggs and remaining ingredients. Mix and pour over crust, Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Cut when cool.
I left them uncut for Daughter #2 to decide if she wanted to package them up by the half dozen or cut and wrap big individual pieces. Turns out that the way to go now a days is the latter-you sell a large wedge to have with coffee and ask for a donation. They made close to $300 this way! That’s my girl.
Kath’s quote:“Eat butter first, and eat it last, and live till a hundred years be past.”- Old Dutch proverb