Praline Shortbread Bars
August 5, 2007 by Marye Audet
Filed under Cookies
These are really rich with a crumbly shortbread crust and a smooth praline filling with just enough coconut and pecans to add interest. They don’t take long to make and the results are spectacular. For the base: 1/2 c butter softened 1/3 c sugar 1 egg 1 1/4 c flour pinch of salt 1 tsp vanilla Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg and ebat to blend. Add flour, salt and vanilla and mix into a smooth dough (will be sticky.) Press into the bottom of a 13″x 9″ pan and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Filling: In mixing bowl beat remaining 2 eggs until frothy. Beat in brown sugar. Add 3 Tbs flour, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp baking powder. pinch of salt.. and mix well. Stir in 1 c chopped pecans and 1 c browned coconut. Spread over cake and bake 20 minutes more. Cool. Topping: 1/2 c butter, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in brown sugar untit it is well incorporated into the butter and no graininess remains…remove from heat and spoon over cake. Cool completely .. This made 1 dozen bars for us..You may get more if you are frugal. 
Yummy!! These look fantastic!!!!
Oh those look so good!
Question, as I was reading throug this, I noticed that for the filling you wrote: “Filling: In mixing bowl beat remaining 2 eggs until frothy. Beat in brown sugar.” How much brown sugar?
Holly- that would be 1/2 cup.
The praline shortbread bars look amazing. Is the coconut sweetened or unsweetened.
Susan- it is sweetened.
Making these right now – so excited!
One (probably stupid) question: I always thought browned coconut was done with butter…but the only instructions I’ve found are the following from Pillsbury:
“1. Heat the oven to 350° F. Spread coconut evenly on a cookie sheet. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown, stirring occasionally. Watch closely to avoid over-browning.
2. To toast in the microwave oven, spread coconut in a microwave-safe pan. Microwave on HIGH for 4 1/2 to 8 minutes, tossing the coconut with a fork after each minute.”
Is this what you would recommend?
Kate-I use method 2…but you really want to watch it it burns quickly
In the recipe praline shortbread bars, what does the word ebat mean?
Dolores,
ebat means I was in a hurry and mistyped BEAT.
sorry.