Bahamas Island Cookie Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 cup natural-style peanut butter
1/4 cup crushed pineapple, juices drained
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 large egg
1 1/4 cups white chocolate
1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Preparation

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugars, peanut butter, pineapple, buttery spread and vanilla. Beat in the egg. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until completely combined. Fold in 1 Cup of the white chocolate chips, saving remaining 1/4 Cup.
With dampened hands, press the dough into a greased 9 x 13\" baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining white chocolate chips and press them down lightly.
Bake bars in a 350*F. oven for 22-25 minutes, until a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Put baking rack on the middle level. Turn oven to broil. Sprinkle coconut on top of the bars. Broil for 30-60 seconds, until coconut begins to brown. Be careful not to burn coconut!
Allow pan to cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into 32 bars.