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Bar- Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Rum

List of Ingredients





CRUST:

½ cup butter, room temperature
¼ cup sugar
1 cup flour

FILLING:

2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 ¼ cups brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon Jamaican rum

FROSTING:

2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
1 ¼ cups powdered sugar, sift before measuring
1 tablespoon milk
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon rum



Recipe



For the crust: Mix butter, sugar and flour together at medium speed until thoroughly blended. Press mixture evenly over bottom of 9-by-13-inch cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until just beginning to brown. Remove from oven and pour filling over, spreading evenly.

For the filling: Mix together eggs, brown sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, coconut, nuts, vanilla and rum until well blended; spread over crust. Bake 15 to 20 minutes at 350 degrees until firm and golden brown.

For the frosting: Beat together the butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and rum until smooth. Add a little more milk and/or rum if necessary to make a good spreading consistency. Spread over cooled bars. May be cut into 32 or 48 bars.
Lois Carter of Riverside was given this recipe for Macadamia Nut-Rum Bars during a tour of Hawaii.


From CA Press-Enterprise 12/13/00