French Vanilla flavored creamer and coconut are two of the simple, yet amazing ingredients you’ll find in these French Vanilla Dream Bars.
French Vanilla Dream Bars
I love dessert— in all shapes and sizes! Being raised in a pastors home, we entertained a lot and that meant getting lots of dessert. Isn’t that every kids dream? My mom was a fantastic host and always prepared a delicious meal, followed by a yummy dessert.
I guess that entertaining created a love for all things sweet, because I have quite the sweet tooth. I’m always looking for something new to try, so I recently accepted the challenge of making a recipe that included the use of flavored creamer.
A popular International Delight Creamer in my family is French Vanilla, so I thought I’d give these French Vanilla Dream Bars a try. I don’t usually use much coconut when baking, but this recipe is a perfect medley for the palate. My husband loves coconut and he flipped over these dessert bars!
French Vanilla Dream Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/3 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 1/4 cup flour
Filling
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup International Delight French Vanilla Creamer
- 1/3 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 finely chopped pecans optional, for topping
French Vanilla Icing
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons International Delight French Vanilla Creamer
- 1 1/2 tablespoon melted butter
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 13x9" cake pan.
For Crust:
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Cream butter and sugar.
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Add flour; beat until well blended.
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Press into bottom of pan.
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Bake 10 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes.
For Filling:
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Beat together eggs, International Delight French Vanilla Creamer, Sugar, Flour and Salt.
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Stir in coconut and chopped pecans.
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Spread evenly over baked crust.
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Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown.
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Cool
For Icing:
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Combine sugar, butter and creamer. Beat until smooth.
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Spread thin layer of icing evenly over the top.
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Sprinkle finely chopped pecans on icing (optional).
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Let icing set before cutting.
This is a delicious and easy bar recipe! If you like dessert, you really must give this recipe a try! Do you have a favorite dessert bar that you like to make?
Other delicious recipes to try:
Frosted Banana Cookies
Summer Pie Recipe. Sweet and Crunchy Dessert!
Caramel Macchiato Popsicles
Banana Pudding Shots
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TidyMom says
05/30/2013 at 10:31 amThese sound fantastic! I can’t wait to make these Kelly!
Angela Peters says
05/30/2013 at 7:12 pmThese look absolutely fantastic!!
kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
05/30/2013 at 7:13 pmYum!! I love the French Vanilla, too! And coconut?!? WOWSERS!
Leanne says
05/30/2013 at 7:48 pmThese look delicious! Pinning! I can’t wait to make them.
Emily says
05/30/2013 at 7:55 pmYeah, so I just drooled on my keyboard. These looks amazing. What a brilliant idea!
Taylor @ Pink Heels Pink Truck says
05/30/2013 at 8:07 pmThose look amazing!!!! Can you package me up some?? 😉 lol
Melissa says
05/30/2013 at 8:38 pmOh. My. Goodness. There are no words for how much I want these right now. YUM.
Breanna says
05/30/2013 at 8:46 pmThese look so delicious 🙂
Alissa says
05/30/2013 at 8:48 pmSorry I just got a bunch of drool every freaking where. Good grief! These look so delicious!
Summer says
05/30/2013 at 8:51 pmOh these look so yummy – pinning for later!
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says
05/30/2013 at 8:58 pmA friend of mine was famous for her dream bars when we were kids, what great memories this post brings for me! Now I need to bake some!
Amanda {A Royal Daughter} says
05/30/2013 at 10:29 pmThose look amazing!!
Danielle says
05/30/2013 at 10:55 pmOh my gosh! These look SO tasty!
Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke says
06/02/2013 at 12:38 amthis sound so delicious my friend!
Gwen says
06/02/2013 at 6:36 amIs the temp. for baking right? 250? Should it be 350?
Kelly Rowe says
06/02/2013 at 7:16 amGoodness gracious, Gwen! Thanks so much for catching that typo. Yes, it’s 350. I apologize. Thanks again.
Cindy @ sunsetcoasting.blogspot.com says
06/05/2013 at 10:41 amThose look amazing! I just did a chocolate chip version of Dream Bars on my blog a couple weeks ago. These sound so good with the creamer in it and I’m wondering if the hazelnut flavor from Trader Joes would be tasty. Can’t wait to try these! Cindy
Leslie Lambert says
06/06/2013 at 10:30 amOh my…these look just delicious!
carolyn ~ homework says
06/07/2013 at 11:58 pmSo yummy looking. I just wanted to let you know that I featured your wonderful project on homework. Thanks so much for sharing it on The Inspiration Board.
Lauren says
06/11/2013 at 5:03 pmWow do these look good! Love the idea of using the creamer in the bars — and you can never go wrong with coconut!
Ashley Christensen says
06/12/2013 at 10:56 amThis looks so yummy! Who doesn’t love yummy vanilla bars?! I would love it if you would come and link this up at my very first link party. I’m also pinning this 🙂
Liz says
06/12/2013 at 1:46 pmThank you Kelly for the nice recipe. Have a great day!
Rachael says
11/05/2013 at 10:41 amI love nothing more than a good bar and these look dreamy! Can’t wait to try these!
Amanda Lohrenz says
08/06/2014 at 9:26 amMMM these look amazing!!! I need to make these for my next gathering.