Praline Bars Food

PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat butter, 1/2 cup of the sugar and 1/2 tsp. of the vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended. Press firmly onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 20 to 23 min. or until lightly browned.
• Beat cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar and remaining 1/2 tsp. vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in toffee bits. Pour over crust. Drop teaspoonfuls of the caramel topping evenly over cream cheese mixture. Cut through batter several times with knife for marble effect.
• Bake 30 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled. Cut into 32 bars to serve. Store leftover bars in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

QUICK PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange graham crackers in single layer in ungreased jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch.
• Heat brown sugar and butter to boiling in 2-quart saucepan. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour sugar mixture over crackers; spread evenly. Sprinkle with pecans.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until bubbly; cool slightly. Cut between graham crackers into bars.

PECAN PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Arrange graham crackers in ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan.
• Place butter and sugar in sauce pan. Heat to boiling point; boil 2 minutes.
• Stir in pecans and spread evenly over crackers.
• Bake about 10 minutes.
• Cut each graham cracker in half while warm.

QUICK PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Arrange graham crackers in single layer in ungreased 15 x 10" jelly-roll pan.
• Heat brown sugar and margarine to boiling in 2-qt. saucepan.
• Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour sugar mixture over crackers; spread evenly.
• Sprinkle with pecans.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until bubbly.
• Cool slightly.
• Break into squares.

PRALINE CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of a 9-by-9-inch square pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine the crumbs, granulated sugar and melted butter and press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Set aside.
• Increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F and make the filling.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until fluffy, then add the brown sugar and flour. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Fold in the chopped pecans.
• Pour the batter into the crust and bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 250 degrees F and bake until slightly browned on top, an additional 50 minutes. Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Cut into 9 bars before serving.

KAHLUA PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with parchment, letting two opposite ends hang slightly over sides of pan.
• For crust, in a large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, butter and pecans, mix well.
• Pat into bottom of prepared pan.
• For filling, in sauce pan, melt chocolate, shortening and butter.
• Remove from heat and stir until smooth and slightly cooled.
• Beat in sugars and vanilla.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Stir in Kahlua, flour and salt.
• Add pecans. Pour over crust.
• Bake for 25 minutes or till fudgy--Do not overbake.
• Cool.
• For frosting, beat together butter, Kahlua, confectioners sugar and milk.
• Add more Kahlua if necessary to achieve spreading consistency.
• Frost cooled cake, either in the pan or lifted out by the parchment paper handles.
• Let frosting set.
• Slice into bars. Refrigerate.