Saturday, October 10, 2009

Yummy Pecan Bars

I made these a few days ago for my dear husband who loves Pecan Pie. Although I had planned to post a pictures, they were eaten too quickly for me to photograph. These bars are very rich. Mike stated that he liked to cut the sweetness with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Pecan Bars

Ingredients:

Crust:

2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold butter

Filling:

4 eggs
1 1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Combine the flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixtures is coarse crumbs. Press mixture into greased 15"x10" baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

To make the filling, combine the eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Stir in pecans. Spread mixture of hot crust. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until set. Cool. Cut into bars.

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