Pecan Bars
Pecan and sweet tooth lovers will enjoy this dessert. You can decrease the sugar if you'd like and it will still be tasty.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- ¾ cup butter or margarine cut up
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- ½ cup butter or marg.
- 4 large eggs lightly beaten
- 2 ½ cups finely chopped pecans
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- CRUST:
- Combine flour, sugar, and salt in large bowl
- Cut in ¾ cup butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Press firmly into greased 13x9 pan.
- Bake at 350° for 17 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
- FILLING:
- Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and ½ cup butter in a saucepan
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring gently.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir ¼ of hot mixture into beaten eggs
- Add to remaining hot mixture.
- Stir in pecans and vanilla.
- Pour filling over crust.
- Bake at 350° for 34-35 minutes or until set.