Recipe - Layered Orange Bars

One fourth cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking powder
2 Eggs
1 cup Firmly packed dark brown
Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Grated orange peel
1 cup Chopped walnuts
1 One half cup Flaked coconut
Orange Pastry
One half cup Butter softened
One half cup Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon Grated orange peel
1 cup Flour
Orange Glaze
1 cup Confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon Grated orange peel
1 One half tablespoon Orange juice

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare Orange Pastry; press firmly and
evenly over bottom of a greased 9 by 13inch baking pan. Bake for 10
minutes, then remove pastry from oven. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F.

2. In a small bowl combine flour and baking powder; stir to combine
thoroughly. In mixer bowl combine eggs and brown sugar; beat until well
mixed. Blend in vanilla and orange peel. Gradually beat in flour mixture
until well combined. Stir in walnuts and coconut. Spread mixture over
partially baked pastry.

3. Bake until well browned and set in center (20 to 25 minutes). Remove pan
to a rack; drizzle with glaze while warm. Let stand until glaze is set,
then cut into bars. Remove from pan when cool.

Orange Pastry: In mixer bowl combine butter, sugar, and orange peel; beat
until fluffy. Gradually stir in flour until mixture is well combined (dough
will be crumbly).

Orange Glaze Combine confectioners' sugar and orange peel in a small bowl;
stir in orange juice until icing is smooth.

ChocolateDrizzled Pecan Bars Omit orange peel from filling; substitute
chopped pecans for walnuts. Increase vanilla to 1One half teaspoons. Omit
orange peel from pastry; substitute One half teaspoon vanilla. Omit glaze. While
cookies are cooling, melt 1 square (1 oz) semisweet baking chocolate with
One half teaspoon vegetable oil in a small, heavy pan over low heat. Drizzle
melted chocolate over baked cookies from the tip of a teaspoon. Cut into
bars after chocolate sets.

Recipe By : the California Culinary Academy

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