Iced Pecan Squares - To be Veganized

¼ C "butter"
1 C brown sugar
1 "egg"
¼ C broken pecans
1 C sifted pastry flour
¼ t salt
1 t baking powder
1 t vanilla
¼ c shredded coconut

Melt butter in saucepan. Add sugar. When well blended removed from fire. Cool till lukewarm. Add unbeated egg. Mix well. Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Add to sugar mixture. Add nuts and vanilla and spread in greased pan 9x9. Bake 20 minutes at 300 degrees or until done.

Icing
1 c brown sugar
¼ c "milk"
¼ C "butter"
bring above to a boiling point . add pinch of salk and 1 tsp vanilla. COOL then add icing sugar until thick.

Grandma says the recipe is from "Mrs. Leslie Peer (a cousine of mine. Gone quite a while) moved to haggarsville, had a farm., since art lister died.. he worked for the government. Last time I saw her it was at grace church at lowville, probably at funeral lunch. They always have a great lunch after funerals."