Butterscotch Almond Bars Food

BUTTERSCOTCH ALMOND GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the oats, sweetened condensed milk, butter, coconut, almonds, butterscotch extract and butterscotch chips with your hands until well blended. Press flat into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, depending on how crunchy you want them. Lightly browned just around the edges will give you moist, chewy bars. Let cool for 5 minutes, cut into squares then let cool completely before serving.

BUTTERSCOTCH ALMOND BARS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13" x 9" baking dish.
• Combine flour and baking powder; set aside.
• Blend in sugar into melted butter.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Spread batter into greased prepared baking pan (don't pack down too hard).
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• To prepare nutty topping: Melt butter in small saucepan.
• Add and mix in sugar, cornsyrup, water a salt.
• Bring mixture to boil; boil 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Stir in sliced almonds.
• Spread nutty topping evenly over baked crust.
• Bake 15 minutes longer.
• Cool.
• Melt chocolate; drizzle over bars.
• Cut into bars.

BUTTERSCOTCH BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large bowl. Beat at low speed with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in butterscotch chips and pecans. Spread in pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely. Cut into bars.

BUTTERSCOTCH BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, oats and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in chips and pecans. Reserve 2 cups. Spread remaining dough into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , In a small bowl, combine filling ingredients; beat until smooth. Spread evenly over crust. Crumble reserved dough over filling. , Bake at 375° for 40-42 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

BUTTERSCOTCH ALMOND CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For Crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line bottom of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 3-inch-high sides with foil. Butter and flour foil. Blend first 4 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter, yolk and extract and blend until mixture begins to gather together. Press onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan. Bake until golden about 25 minutes. Transfer to rack. Cool 10 minutes. Release cake pan sides from crust. Gently turn out crust onto rack; peel off foil and cool. Place crust back into pan and reattach pan sides. Maintain oven temperature.
• For Filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, 1 1/4 cups sugar, Scotch and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined. Pour into crust-lined pan. Bake cheesecake until set at edges but center 3-inch area still moves slightly when pan is shaken, about 50 minutes. Place on rack; cool 10 minutes.
• Mix sour cream with remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Spoon sour cream mixture over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes. Transfer cheesecake to rack and cool 10 minutes. Run small sharp knife around top edge of pan to loosen cake. Chill overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead.)
• For Topping
• Stir sugar and 2/3 cup Scotch in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns golden, occasionally brushing down sides of pan with pastry brush dipped into water and swirling pan. Add 2/3 cup cream and butter (mixture will bubble) and stir until smooth. Cool 10 minutes. Stir in 1 tablespoon Scotch. Let stand until cool but still pourable, about 2 hours. Mix in 1/2 cup almonds.
• Spoon all but 1/2 cup butterscotch topping over cheesecake (reserve remainder for another use). Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup chopped almonds. Refrigerate up to 1 hour.
• Run sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides. Spoon cream into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Pipe cream over top edge of cake.

BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Place butterscotch chips and butter into a glass bowl. Heat in the microwave for about 3 minutes, stirring at 30 second intervals until smooth. Set aside to cool until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, beat the butterscotch chip mixture with eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the batter until evenly mixed. Mix in the brown sugar, chocolate chips, walnuts, and raisins. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, just until the bars begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cut into squares while warm.

BUTTERSCOTCH BARS

Steps:

• In a medium-sized pot, over low heat, melt butter and sugar together. Cool.
• Beat in the egg.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Spread in a greased and floured 8 x 8" square pan.
• Bake in a preheated 325°F oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Cool. Cut into bars.