French Vanilla Bars

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
3 large eggs
3/4 cup Coffee-mate liquid, French Vanilla flavor
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup finely chopped dates
48 pecan halves, optional
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons Coffee-Mate liquid, French Vanilla flavor

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. generously butter and flour a 13x9" pan. Cream butter and sugar. Add flour; beat until well blended. Press into bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes; let cool 5 minutes. Beat together eggs, coffee-mate, sugar, flour and salt. Stir in coconut, chopped pecans and dates. Spread evenly over baked crust; bake 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool. Spread thin layer of icing evenly over top. Gently press pecan halves into icing, so each bar will have one. Let icing set before cutting. For icing, combine sugar, butter and coffee-mate. beat until smooth.