Blackberry & coconut squares

* 250g self-raising flour
* 25g oats
* 280g soft brown sugar
* 200g cold butter , cut into pieces
* 75g desiccated coconut
* 2 medium eggs , beaten
* 350g frozen or fresh blackberries

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the flour, oats and sugar into a large bowl. Rub the butter into the flour mixture using your fingertips until only small pea-size pieces remain. Stir through the coconut, then fill a teacup with the mixture and set this aside.

2. Stir the eggs into the bowl of mixture, then spread over the bottom of a lined baking tin (31 x 17cm), or a 21cm square tin. Smooth the surface with the back of a spoon, then scatter over the blackberries. Scatter over the reserved teacup mixture and bake for 1 hr-1 hr 15 mins until golden and cooked through (if you poke a skewer in, it should come out with moist crumbs but no wet mixture). Leave to cool, then remove from the tin and cut into fingers.


Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHEEKYCHOOK.