Dream Bars

Name: Dream Bars
Yield: Makes 24 bars
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup packed (5¼ ounces), dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup, pecans; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks), unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 1 1/2 cups (4½ ounces), sweetened shredded coconut; 1 cup, cream of coconut; 2 , large eggs; 3/4 cup packed (5¼ ounces), 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

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

We wanted chewy, toffee-flavored layer bars that shouted coconut and pecans. Getting back to the original recipe was a good first step.

SERVESMakes 24 bars

TIME2½ hours, plus 2⅓ hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Even the simplest recipes for Dream Bars we tested were too sweet for modern tastes, and the coconut and pecans all but disappeared because the sugar was so forward. To bring out the pecan flavor, we toasted the nuts until they were crunchy...

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