Easy Southern Pecan Pie Bars with Shortbread Crust

Shortbread Crust
I have been craving pecan pie lately. Bad. Sometimes you just get a hankering for certain foods so you gotta make them to feed the craving. But, instead of a pie, I figured I’d go with some bars. I decided to go with a shortbread crust for this recipe for pecan pie bars. It makes it super easy to slice and serve.

Easy Southern Pecan Pie Bars with Shortbread Crust:

Ingredients:
for the shortbread crust:

1. 1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter, melted
2. ¼ cup sugar
3. 1 tsp vanilla extract
4. 1 cup all-purpose flour

for the filling:

1. 1 ½ cup chopped pecans
2. 2 eggs
3. ½ cup (packed) brown sugar
4. 1 cup light corn syrup
5. ¼ cup all-purpose  flour

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 300f degrees. Line the bottom of an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper. In a small bowl, mix butter, sugar, vanilla, and flour until you have a thick, sticky dough
• Press into the bottom of prepared baking dish in a single thin layer and bake at 300f degrees for 10-15 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix eggs, brown sugar, corn syrup, and flour until combined. Fold in chopped pecans
• When shortbread layer is done, remove from the oven and pour over your pecan mixture. Raise the oven temperature to 350 degrees, and bake again for 25-30 minutes or until top is golden and crispy
• Take out, cool for a few minutes.
• Then cut into squares.
• Then dig in!
• Enjoy!

  thecountrycook.net

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