Kahlua Praline Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup kahlua
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon kahlua
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk or 1 tablespoon cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with parchment, letting two opposite ends hang slightly over sides of pan.
• 3 for crust, in a large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, butter and pecans, mix well.
• 4 pat into bottom of prepared pan.
• 5 for filling, in sauce pan, melt chocolate, shortening and butter.
• 6 remove from heat and stir until smooth and slightly cooled.
• 7 beat in sugars and vanilla.
• 8 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 9 stir in kahlua, flour and salt.
• 10 add pecans. pour over crust.
• 11 bake for 25 minutes or till fudgy--do not overbake.
• 12 cool.
• 13 for frosting, beat together butter, kahlua, confectioners sugar and milk.
• 14 add more kahlua if necessary to achieve spreading consistency.
• 15 frost cooled cake, either in the pan or lifted out by the parchment paper handles.
• 16 let frosting set.
• 17 slice into bars. refrigerate.