Ingredients:

Crust:

1/3 cup butter or margarine
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. brown sugar

Pinipig Crust:

2/3  cup crust
2  tbsp. butter or margarine
1  tbsp. brown sugar
2  tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/3  cup toasted pinipig

Filling:

1  can condensed milk (e.g. alaska condensed milk  (about 300ml)
3  egg yolks
1/2  cup all- purpose flour
1/2  cup young coconut meat
1/4  tsp. pandan extract

How to make Pinipig-Coconut Squares

• Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. In a bowl, blend margarine, flour, and sugar.
• Reserve 2/3 cup of the crust and press remaining dough into the bottom of a 6″ x 10″ pan and chill until ready for use.
• In another bowl, mix all ingredients for the pinipig crust until well blended and chill until ready for use.
• To make the filling, beat the condensed milk and egg yoks until well blended.
• Add in flour and mix until smooth. Fold in coconut meat and pandan extract.
• Pour over the chilled crust and bake for 10 minutes in the pre-heated oven.
• Remove from the oven and pinipig crust mixture over the filling.
• Bake for another 15 minutes or until top is brown. Cool before slicing into squares.

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