Layered Orange Bars

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
2		Eggs
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon	15ml	Grated orange peel
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups	139g / 4.9oz	Flaked coconut
		Orange Pastry
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter - softened
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Grated orange peel
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Flour
		Orange Glaze
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Grated orange peel
1 1/2 tablespoons	22ml	Orange juice

Recipe Instructions

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

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.

Chocolate-Drizzled Pecan Bars Omit orange peel from filling; substitute chopped pecans for walnuts. Increase vanilla to 1-1/2 teaspoons. Omit orange peel from pastry; substitute 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Omit glaze. While cookies are cooling, melt 1 square (1 oz) semisweet baking chocolate with 1/2 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.

Source:
the California Culinary Academy

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