the name was suggested for my accidental bars from last week. Here is the recipe with suggested variations:
Bagelbaker's Tropical Dessert Bars
Crust first:
1/2 Cup veggie oil
1/2 C. real butter
1 C. Powder sugar
2 cups flour
cream oil, butter, and powder sugar. Add flour and mix to fine crumbs. Press in 9x13" baking pan. Bake 350 deg for 13 min. While baking get the other ingredients ready:
1 bag Nestle white choc chips
1 Cup (approx) DRIED pineapple pieces
1 Cup (approx) chopped nuts
1 Cup (approx) shredded coconut
1 can sweetened condensed milk
remove partially baked crust, pour condensed milk until completely covering crust, but not deep. Sprinkle dried pineapple first, spaced around about 1" apart. Then sprinkle the white chips. I didn't need the whole bag, about 3/4 bag worked fine, then I sprinkled the coconut...a nice even covering, then the nuts, then I baked it another 20 min until set. I served in small squares.
Dried fruit variations: you can use dried mango or a combination of dried mango and pineapple. You can throw in some dried cranberries if you like a "sweet/tart" combo.
Nuts: macademia nuts are the perfect compliment to these bars, but you can use whatever nuts you like, I've used brazil nuts! You can use almonds, hazelnuts, etc.
Enjoy! Took them to a party and I got countless compliments...even days later I've had people compliment me on them.