Dream Bars

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (cut into 1/2 inch pieces and chilled)
• 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup cream of coconut
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pecans, toasted and roughly chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees and place oven rack in the middle.
• 2 line pan with foil and spray with non-stick spray.
• 3 crust: mix everything except for the butter in a food processor till coarsely ground.
• 4 add butter till consistency is coarse meal.
• 5 press firmly into pan and bake for 20 min or until golden brown.
• 6 cool for 20 minute.
• 7 topping: combine coconuts in a bowl.
• 8 in another bowl, whisk everything except for pecans till smooth.
• 9 add pecans and pour filling over crust.
• 10 dollup heaping tablespoons of coconut mixture onto filling.
• 11 bake till golden brown, about 35-40 minutes.
• 12 cool for 2 hours.