Punahou Cafeteria Caramel Cuts
| Submitted by: Emily Black, Graduate Student, Communication |
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At Punahou School, a K-12 my family has been going to for going on seven generations, caramel cuts were a staple of the cafeteria dessert rotation. They’re crowd pleasing, idiot proof, and would outlast a nuclear winter in decent storage conditions. They were also the first recipe I ever botched. (Though if an unsupervised eight year old with no measuring implements can make an edible, if unconventional, rendition of this recipe, that says something). This version comes from “A Taste of Aloha”, a Junior League fundraising cookbook that has been out of print since 1983. That’s a shame, because it is quality. According to family lore, each recipe was subjected to a trial by fire in the kitchens of broke, single, culinary inept 20-somethings. A digital copy is available to borrow from The Internet Archive for more recipes from Old Hawai’i.
| Servings: 36 | Cultural Connection: Hawai’i Regional |
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Ingredients
| ½ cup melted butter | 2 cups brown sugar | 2 eggs |
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| 2 cups flour | 2 tsp vanilla | 2 tsp baking powder |
| ¼ tsp salt | Chopped nuts (optional) |
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine butter and sugar.
- Add other ingredients and mix well.
- Bake in greased 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch pan for about 25 minutes.
- Cool and cut into bars.
