Macaroon Bars

1 Medium Floury Potato Peeled and Boiled
boiled weight 2 3/4 ozs
1lb Icing Sugar
7-9ozs Quality Chocolate
Milk or Dark or Mix
4 1/2-5 1/2ozs Desiccated Coconut

Boil potato in unsalted water drain and dry
place in a food mixer not processor
and mix with the flat beaters slowly
adding the sugar slowly until a smooth and stiff paste is formed

tip into a 9x7 lighly buttered tin and smooth out
chill for a hr or put in the freezer for 20mins until hard

Melt the chocolate in a shallow bowl
toast the coconut by dry frying in batches
tip coconut onto a plate

cut and separate the mixture into cut bars
dip each bar in the chocolate then in turn dip in coconut
place on greaseproof paper to harden

this recipe is taken from A cook book compiled by a Lady and published for her 80th Birthday by her Grandson