Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, toasted coconut caramel cashew bars. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook toasted coconut caramel cashew bars using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Toasted Coconut Caramel Cashew Bars:
- Prepare COOKIES
- Take 8 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Get 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare CARAMEL
- Prepare 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Make ready 2 cup whole milk
- Make ready 2 oz unsalted butter
- Prepare 2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- Get 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare TOPPING
- Take 3 cup toasted coconut, recipe for toasted coconut attached in direction step #8
- Prepare 3 cup semi sweet chocolate, chopped
- Prepare 1 cup or more of roasted, lightly salted cashews
Instructions to make Toasted Coconut Caramel Cashew Bars:
- MAKE COOKIE BASE. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9 by 13 inch baking pan with non stick spray
- In a large bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add flour, salt and vanilla and mix well
- Press into prepared pan and bake 12 to 15 minutes until light golden. Cool on rack in pan
- MAKE CARAMEL
- In a medium saucepan combine, cream, milk, light brown sugar, butter and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring and continue to simmer stirring often until thickened and a light golden color, 10 to 15 minutes, remove from heat and add vanilla
- Pour 1/3 of hot caramel over cooled crust, smooth with an off set spatula or back of a spoon
- Add toasted coconut to remaining caramel and blend well. Toasted coconut recipe is attache below. Spread coconut caramel evenly over plain caramel layer on bars. Allow to cool at least 1 hour and then cut into bars - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/358497-toasted-coconut
- FINISH BARS
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt 1 1/2 cup of chocolate until smooth
- Dip BOTTOM of each bar into chocolate or spread a layer of chocolate on each bottom, which ever is easier for you. Place coated bars chocolate side up on parchment lined pan and chill until hard about 1 hour
- Melt remaining 1 1/2 cups chocolate until smooth, drizzle over bars. Press cashews in places on wet chocolate to stick. Chill until set.
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