Dream Bars
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
24 bars
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
-
Crust
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup pecans
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
-
Topping
- 1 1⁄2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup cream of coconut
- 2 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup toasted and chopped pecans
directions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 13- by 9-inch baking pan with foil Let excess foil hang over pan edge. Coat foil lightly with cooking spray.
- MAKE CRUST
- Process flour, salt,pecans,sugar,in food processor until pecans are coarsely ground. Add butter - pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press mixture firmly into prepared baking pan. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack 20 minutes.
- MAKE TOPPING.
- Combine coconut & cream of coconut in bowl. In another bowl, whisk eggs, salt, vanilla,sugar, flour, baking powder, until smooth. Stir in pecans, -spread filling over cooled crust. Dollop heaping tablespoons of coconut mixture over filling, - spread into even layer.
- Bake until topping is deep golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire rack, about 2 hours. Using foil overhang, lift bars from pan and cut into 24 pieces. Serve. (Bars can be refrigerated in airtight container for 5 days.
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