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    Desserts: Bourbon and Maple Bars

    Source of Recipe

    Marie Simmons' Bar Cookies A to Z

    List of Ingredients

    Batter:
    1 cup Unbleached all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon Baking powder
    1 cup Unsalted butter softened
    1 cup Light brown sugar packed
    2 large Eggs
    1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
    1 cup Maple syrup
    2 tb Bourbon
    1 cup Pecans or walnuts chopped

    Glaze:
    1 cup Confectioners' sugar
    2 tb Maple sugar
    2 tb Bourbon

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 13 x 9 inch baking pan. To make the Batter: Sift together the flour and bakng powder; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until light. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla until blended. Combine the maple syrup and bourbon; add in a slow, steady stream, beating gently untl blended.
    Stir in the flour mixture until blended. Add the pecans or walnuts; stir to blend. Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for 35 minutes, or until the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool on a wire rack, and glaze the bars while still warm.
    To make the Glaze: Shift the confectioners' sugar into a small bowl. In a separate bowl, stir together the maple syrup and bourbon. Add the liquids to the confectioners' sugar, stirring until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the warm bar cookies, spreading it into a thin, even layer. Cool thoroughly before cutting into bars Makes 24 bars.
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    Per serving (excluding unknown items): 202 Calories; 9g Fat (40% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 29g Carbohydrate; 40mg Cholesterol; 28mg Sodium
    Food Exchanges: 1 1/2 Fat; 2 Other Carbohydrates
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    Recipe

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 13 x 9 inch baking pan. To make the Batter: Sift together the flour and bakng powder; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until light. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla until blended. Combine the maple syrup and bourbon; add in a slow, steady stream, beating gently untl blended.

    Stir in the flour mixture until blended. Add the pecans or walnuts; stir to blend. Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for 35 minutes, or until the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool on a wire rack, and glaze the bars while still warm.

    To make the Glaze: Shift the confectioners' sugar into a small bowl. In a separate bowl, stir together the maple syrup and bourbon. Add the liquids to the confectioners' sugar, stirring until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the warm bar cookies, spreading it into a thin, even layer. Cool thoroughly before cutting into bars Makes 24 bars.

 

 

 


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