Kahlua Praline Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup flour
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
Filling
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1/4 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1/4 cup Kahlua
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Frosting
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon Kahlua
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk or 1 tablespoon cream

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with parchment, letting two opposite ends hang slightly over sides of pan.
For crust, in a large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, butter and pecans, mix well.
Pat into bottom of prepared pan.
For filling, in sauce pan, melt chocolate, shortening and butter.
Remove from heat and stir until smooth and slightly cooled.
Beat in sugars and vanilla.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Stir in Kahlua, flour and salt.
Add pecans. Pour over crust.
Bake for 25 minutes or till fudgy--Do not overbake.
Cool.
For frosting, beat together butter, Kahlua, confectioners sugar and milk.
Add more Kahlua if necessary to achieve spreading consistency.
Frost cooled cake, either in the pan or lifted out by the parchment paper handles.
Let frosting set.
Slice into bars. Refrigerate.