Praline Bars Recipes

PRALINE CRUMB CARAMEL CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Place cookie mix in bowl; cut in butter using pastry blender or fork until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, 1/4 cup of the caramel topping, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked cookie base. Sprinkle with reserved crumb topping, pecans and toffee bits.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled. Drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup caramel topping. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

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.

PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Line a 15x 10 jelly roll pan with parchment paper. Arrange crackers on the prepared jelly roll pan.
• 2. In a saucepan, combine brown sugar with the butter. Bring to a boil, then boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
• 3. Pour hot butter mixture over the graham crackers, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with the chopped pecans.
• 4. Place in oven, and bake 10 minutes. take out of oven, and cool slightly, about 5-6 minutes. Take a pizza cutter, and roll along the segmented lines in each square, creating 48 bars.
• 5. Next, place chocolate morsels in a microwaveable bowl. heat in microwave for 30 seconds, Take out and stir. Put back in microwave, and continue heating in 10 second intervals, until chocolate is smooth.
• 6. Drizzle melted chocolate over bars, then repeat the steps used with the milk chocolate, using the white chocolate. Let cool completely, before enjoying.

PRALINE COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 13 baking pan with foil, letting some hang over the edges.
• 2. For the Crust: Cream 1 cup of butter and brown sugar together. Slowly stir in flour, salt and ground pecans until mixture is crumbly. Press into foil lined pan and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
• 3. Topping: Make topping while crust is baking. Combine butter, brown sugar, honey and heavy cream in a saucepan. Dissolve ingredients on a medium heat, stirring constantly. Lower heat and simmer for 1 minute. Add pecans & coconut (0ptional) and remove from heat.
• 4. Pour topping over crust as soon as it is removed from the oven. Spread it out evenly.
• 5. Return the pan to the oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes, until filling is set.
• 6. Remove pan from oven and cool completely.
• 7. Use the foil to lift cookie bars out of baking pan. Remove foil and cut into bars approximately 2" x 2"

PISTACHIO PRALINE BARS

Steps:

• Lightly coat a 13-by-9-inch rimmed baking sheet with oil. Line with parchment, allowing 2 inches to hang over the long sides. Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, tilting pan to swirl and washing down sides with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Boil, without stirring, until mixture turns medium amber, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove from heat, and stir in pistachios and salt. Pour mixture onto prepared baking sheet, and quickly spread evenly with an offset spatula. Let cool until just set but still soft, about 2 minutes. Using the parchment as handles, transfer warm praline to a cutting board. Immediately cut praline into bars of desired size using a serrated knife lightly coated with oil. Let cool completely.

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.