Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, toasted coconut caramel cashew bars. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Toasted Coconut Caramel Cashew Bars is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Toasted Coconut Caramel Cashew Bars is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have toasted coconut caramel cashew bars using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Toasted Coconut Caramel Cashew Bars:
- Prepare COOKIES
- Take 8 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Prepare 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready CARAMEL
- Prepare 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Get 2 cup whole milk
- Take 2 oz unsalted butter
- Make ready 2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- Prepare 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready TOPPING
- Make ready 3 cup toasted coconut, recipe for toasted coconut attached in direction step #8
- Make ready 3 cup semi sweet chocolate, chopped
- Take 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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