Easy Pecan Pie Bars
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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24
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 4 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- 3 1⁄2 - 4 cups finely chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut in 3/4 cup butter thoroughly with pastry blender until you have fine crumbs.
- Press mixture evenly into sprayed or greased 13 x 9 baking pan.
- Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes until lightly browned.
- Combine brown sugar, corn syrup and 1/2 cup butter in a sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring gently.
- Remove from heat.
- To avoid scrambling the eggs, temper the lightly beaten eggs by stirring in 1/4 heated mixture into eggs gradually.
- Once tempered, add egg mixture to sauce pan and stir in pecans and vanilla.
- Pour filling over crust and bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until set.
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Reviews
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Verrrryyyy good, 10 stars, was easy to make, baked perfectly was set and not runny or overdone in the time specified.I made exactly as called for except I only used 2 cups of pecans chopped, as they are so expensive, and wow they are sooo good!!!I will be making these for xmas and anytime a rich indulgence is required lol, Ty so much for a very nice recipe, I tried a couple of different pecan pie bars in the past and they were not good, so happy I made this!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
marna
Paso Robles , 43
I live in beautiful central califonia, but grew up in the cold of colorado!! I am an RN, IBCLC and look for food with a typical quick prep, and LOVE my crockpot. I love all types of food, from the fancy to the local taco stand- it's all good and a pet peeve would be the food snobs of the world.