Bars and Squares
Christmas Cookies

• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) can flaked coconut
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 2 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 eggs’2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Combine coconut, graham cracker crumbs, walnuts and melted butter in a large mixing bowl; mix well. Press two-thirds of mixture into an ungreased 13x 9×2 inch baking pan.

Combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, spice, and salt. Spoon over coconut mixture; sprinkle remaining coconut mixture over top. Bake at 375° for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan; chill thoroughly. Cut into 3×2 inch bars.

Yield: about 2 dozen.

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