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Brandy Crème Brûlée Bars

A miniature cousin to restaurant-popular Crème Brûlée, you'll find these bars every bit as creamy and wonderful.

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Prep Time 25 min
Total Time 2 hr 35 min
Servings 36

Ingredients

1: cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2: cup sugar

1/2: cup butter or margarine, softened

5: egg yolks

1/4: cup sugar

1 1/4: cups whipping (heavy) cream

1: tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon brandy or 1 1/2 teaspoons brandy extract

1/3: cup sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350ºF. In medium bowl, mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar and the butter with spoon. Press on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of ungreased square pan, 9x9x2 inches. Bake 20 minutes.
2 Reduce oven temperature to 300ºF. In small bowl, beat egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar with spoon until thick. Gradually stir in whipping cream and brandy. Pour over baked layer.
3 Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until custard is set and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows. Place bars on cookie sheet lined with waxed paper.
4 In heavy 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/3 cup sugar over medium heat until sugar begins to melt. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved and caramel colored. Cool slightly until caramel has thickened slightly. Drizzle hot caramel over bars. (If caramel begins to harden, return to medium heat and stir until thin enough to drizzle.) After caramel on bars has hardened, cover and refrigerate bars up to 48 hours.

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Line the baking pan with foil to make cleanup and cutting bars easy.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 85
Calories from Fat: 55),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 6g; 6%
(Saturated Fat 3g, 3% ),
Cholesterol: 45mg; 45%;
Sodium: 20mg; 20%;
Total Carbohydrate: 9g; 9%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 4/7/2009 11:23:41 AM REPORT ABUSE mon651 said:

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these were great. everyone that tried one loved them and thought they were the best bars ever. they didn't look the neatest but weren't too hard to make. I think if you love custard, you'll love these. I did substitute vanilla for the brandy extract as I didn't have any. I am curious to see how they will taste that way, so may make the next batch as intended.

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Posted 12/12/2008 9:51:34 AM REPORT ABUSE LeahE said:

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Delicious recipe. Definitely would make it again. Notes: Substituting about a teaspoon of vanilla for the Brandy worked well. I had to cook the custard for an hour and ten minutes, quite a bit longer than the recipe recommended. Also, the instructions about the sugar are not very specific (no temperatures). I burned the sugar my first try. Make sure you drizel the sugar while it still runs thin. If your strands of sugar aren't delicate, they'll be too hard to bite through.

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Posted 8/26/2008 1:42:17 PM REPORT ABUSE lostrocket said:

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I was surprised by these. I was not fond of them, but the pan went fast so the family liked them just fine. The caramel drizzle didn't work out for me (more of a lake) and the brandy flavoring was much stronger than any "crème brûlée" taste. However - there was one square leftover. I had baked them on a Saturday and didn't eat this square until at least the next Saturday. After a week in the refrigerator I thought it was absolutely delicious! So my advice is to make these well in advance.

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