Bar cookies were blue ribbon winners

From Blue Ribbon Winners cookbook for Falls City Youth Fair, published in 1991. Homestead Bar Cookies 1 cup unsifted flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup margarine 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup quick rolling oats 1 cup chopped apples 2 cups coconut 1/2 cup chopped pecans Mix flour with baking powder, salt, and soda. Beat margarine; gradually beat in sugars until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Blend in flour mixture; add oats, apples, nuts, and 1 1/2 cups coconut. Spread...

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