HONEY OATMEAL CHEWS

     ½ cup butter                ½ tsp baking soda
     ½ cup honey                 ½ tsp baking powder
     ½ cup sugar                 ¼ tsp salt
     1 egg                       1 cup oatmeal
     1 tsp vanilla               1 cup coconut falkes
     ⅔ cup sifted flour          ½ cup chopped almonds

Cream butter, honey, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Sift the flour, soda, baking powder, and salt together and add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the oatmeal, coconut, and almonds. Spread in a greased 13-½ x 9 pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350°. Cool and cut into bars. Makes 30.

Adapted from “Honey Cookery” (1972). Discover more vintage recipes at the Padgett Sunday Supper Club (clubpadgett.com)!