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Macadamia Bars

Macadamia Bars Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched sugars, granulated butter, without salt water, bottled, generic vanilla extract cream, fluid, heavy whipping alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum,...

Macadamia Bars

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
sugars, granulated
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic
vanilla extract
cream, fluid, heavy whipping
alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum, 80 proof
sugars, granulated
salt, table
vanilla extract
nuts, macadamia nuts, raw

Directions:
CRUSTS: In food processor or bowl, combine flour and sugar.
Add butter and process (or cut in with pastry blender) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add water and vanilla; process or stir just until mixture forms a ball.
On lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 13 by 8 inch rectangle.
Press onto bottom and side of 15 1/2 by 10 1/2-inch jelly-roll pan.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400.
Bake dough for 10 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
Reduce oven temperature to 350 for later use.
FILLING: In heavy 3-quart saucepan, combine all filling ingredients except nuts.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
Pour filling evenly into crust and sprinkle nuts on top.
Bake on center oven rack 50 to 60 minutes, rotating every 20 minutes, until top is a deep golden brown.
Cool on wire rack.
Cut into 2 x 1-inch bars.