Queen Elizabeth Squares

Recipe Link: http://www.recipecircus.com/recipes/janeycanuck/elizsq.htm

1 cup dates
1 cup boiling water

Let cook until soft.

1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg, well beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients
to date mixture. Add 1 tsp soda. Stir and add to bottom. Bake in 9 X 9"
baking pan at 350º for 30 minutes.


Topping

1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup cocoanut
5 tsp butter
3 tbls cream

Boil 5 minutes. Pour over warm cake. Place under broiler until brown.
Observe carefully.





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