Choco-Coconut and Pistachio Brownies

What do you do when you have a sick child and you are home bound on the weekend?

I cook.

Lots of cooking.

Hubby likes it.

3:00 pm. Brownies time. Enjoy!

Choco-Coconut & Pistachio Brownies Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup pistachio nuts, roughly chopped

Method

1. Heat oven to 175C.
2. Grease and line a slice tin.
3. Combine butter, sugar, egg and vanilla essence in a bowl.
4. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
5. Add with 3/4 cup shredded coconut and chopped pistachio nuts to butter mixture.
6. Mix together well.
7. Spread mixture evenly over base of tin.
8. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup shredded coconut over top.
9. Bake 25 - 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of tin.
10. Cool completely in pan.
11. Cut into squares. Makes 16.