Holiday Eggnog Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 1/4 cups whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon rum (or 1 t. rum extract)
• 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°; line bottom and sides of a 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan.
• 2 in a small bowl, mix butter, 1/2 cup of sugar and the flour; press in bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of pan.
• 3 bake 20 minutes.
• 4 remove partially baked crust from oven; decrease oven temperature to 300°.
• 5 in a small bowl, beat egg yolks, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar with electric mixer on med-high speed until thick.
• 6 gradually beat in cream, rum, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; pour over crust.
• 7 bake 40-50 minutes or until custard is set and knife inserted in center comes out clean; cool completely, about 1 hour.
• 8 sprinkle tops of bars evenly with remaining 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.
• 9 using foil handles, lift cooled bars from pan to cutting board; remove foil from sides of bars.
• 10 with sharp knife, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows; store covered in refrigerator.