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Kahlua Dream Bars




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List of Ingredients




COOKIE BASE
3/4 cup Butter -- softened
3/4 cup Brown sugar -- packed
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 cup Pecans, chopped -- toasted


COCONUT-KAHLUA TOPPING
2 Eggs
2 teaspoons Instant coffee powder
1/2 cup Granulated sugar
1/2 cup Brown sugar
1/2 cup Kahlua (coffee liqueur)
1/3 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Flaked coconut
2 tablespoons Kahlua
Powdered sugar for dusting



Recipe



Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x13 pan. BASE: In large mixing bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 c flour at a time, blending after each addition. Stir in pecans. Spread evenly over bottom of buttered pan. Bake 12 minutes, remove to rack.

TOPPING:
Beat eggs, coffee powder and salt until light. While beating constantly at med-high speed, slowly add sugar, beating until mixture is thick and pale and ribbons form when beaters are lifted---5-10 minutes. With mixer running, gradually add 1/2 c Kahlua, then flour and baking powder. Beat only until combined. Fold in coconut, pour evenly over baked crust. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven, drizzle with remaining 2 tbl Kahlua. Return to oven and bake an additional 5 minutes or until top is set and evenly browned. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into 48 squares. Store airtight one week, freeze for longer storage.