Coffee Streusel Bars
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
24 squares
ingredients
-
TOPPING
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1⁄2 cup butter
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BASE
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
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FILLING
- 1 (10 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 cup golden syrup (or corn syrup)
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, finely chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 F or 350 F convection. Spray a 9 x 13" pan with non-stick spray.
- Make topping by whisking together flour, cinnamon and brown sugar in a small bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup butter until crumbly. This may be prepared in a mixer. Refrigerate while preparing remainder of ingredients.
- Prepare base by creaming 1/2 cup butter and 1/3 cup sugar until just combined. Add flour and baking powder, mix to a firm dough. Press evenly into 9 x 13" pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- While base is baking, prepare filling. Combine sweetened condensed milk, 2 tablespoons butter, syrup and coffee powder in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until coffee dissolves and mixture begins to bubble. Continue stirring briskly for about 3 minutes or until filling thickens slightly. Stir in chopped pecans.
- After base has baked for 10 minutes, remove from oven and spread filling over base. Sprinkle clumps of streusel topping over filling. Bake 10-15 minutes longer until streusel topping feels firms to the touch.
- Let stand 15 minutes before cutting into bars. Let cool in pan.
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I am a stay-at-home-mom, or rather, drive-around-in-the-minivan mom to DS7, DD6, DD5 and DS1. DH is lactose intolerant so I have learned to work around that in my recipes. I started baking cookies and such when I was about 9, and cooking daily suppers when I was 13 so I have been in the kitchen for a good percentage of my life already. It's a good thing that it's my favourite place to be!
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