Kentucky Bourbon Bars
Source of Recipe
Aunt Saunny
-1 1/2 cups Flour
-3/4 teaspoon Baking powder
-1/4 teaspoon Salt
-2/3 cup Butter -- softened
-3/4 cup Brown sugar -- packed
-1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
-2 Eggs
-1/3 cup Bourbon
-1 cup Pecans, chopped -- toasted
-1/2 cup Raisins
-1/2 cup Chocolate chips -- semisweet
TIPSY FROSTING
Ingredients:
-3 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
-6 tablespoons Butter -- softened
-1 teaspoon Vanilla
-5 tablespoons Bourbon (or half heavy cream
-24 Pecan halves (garnish)
Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x13 pan.
BARS:
-Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
-Beat together butter, brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
-Add eggs, beat well. Alternately stir in flour mixture and bourbon
until well blended.
-Stir in nuts, raisins and chocolate chips.
-Spread evenly in prepared pan.
-Bake 20-25 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
FROSTING:
-Beat sugar, vanilla, butter and 3 TB bourbon until smooth.
-Add enough add'l bourbon to make smooth, creamy frosting.
-Spread over cooled cookies in pan. Let set before cutting into 24
squares.
-Top each square with a pecan half.
-Store, covered at room temp for 5 days.
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