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BARS
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped salted cashew nuts or peanuts
TOPPING
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/3 cup chopped salted cashew nuts or peanuts
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons half-and-half
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square pan. In large bowl, combine sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and 1/2 cup cashews. Pour batter into greased pan. Bake at 350°F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown.
Meanwhile, melt margarine in small saucepan; remove from heat. Add remaining topping ingredients; mix well. Immediately spread topping over baked bars. Broil about 6 inches from heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown. Cool completely. Cut into bars.
PICTURE: Clockwise from left: Cashew Caramel Yummies, Coconut Lemon Crescent Bars, Candy Bar Brownies
From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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