Dulce de Leche, Coconut and Chocolate Chip Magic Bars

Name: Dulce de Leche, Coconut and Chocolate Chip Magic Bars
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters salted roasted almonds, chopped; 113 grams bacon, finely diced; 340 grams semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips; 454 grams dulce de leche; 1 large egg yolk; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 184 grams cups sweetened shredded coconut; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped

Dulce de Leche, Coconut and Chocolate Chip Magic Bars might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 15. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 8g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 472 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours. A mixture of condensed milk, bacon, vanilla bean, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Line a 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan with parchment paper, leaving up to 1 inch of overhang. Spray the paper with vegetable oil spray.

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Vegetable Oil

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Baking Paper

Baking Pan

In a medium saucepan, cook the butter over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and browned, about 4 minutes. Scrape the butter into a large bowl and freeze just until solid, about 15 minutes.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Using a handheld electric mixer, beat the sugar, vanilla seeds and egg yolk into the butter at medium speed until blended.

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Butter

Seeds

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add the flour and salt and beat until moistened crumbs form. Press the crumbs into the prepared baking pan and bake in the lower third of the oven for about 25 minutes, until the crust is set and lightly browned.

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Crust

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Baking Pan

Oven

Meanwhile, wipe out the bowl used to make the crust. In a medium skillet, cook the bacon over moderately high heat until browned and crisp, about 5 minutes.

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Bacon

Crust

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Frying Pan

Bowl

Drain the bacon on paper towels and let cool. In the bowl, toss the coconut with the chocolate chips, almonds and bacon.

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Chocolate Chips

Almonds

Coconut

Bacon

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Paper Towels

Bowl

In another bowl, whisk the dulce de leche with the condensed milk; pour two-thirds of it in the crust. Lightly press the coconut-bacon mixture over the dulce de leche.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Dulce De Leche

Coconut

Bacon

Crust

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Whisk

Bowl

Drizzle the remaining dulce de leche mixture on top.

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Dulce De Leche

Bake the bars for 35 to 40 minutes, until lightly browned on top.

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Oven

Transfer the pan to a rack and let the bars cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Carefully remove the bars from the pan and peel off the paper.

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Frying Pan

Cut into bars and serve.