Pecan Pie Bars Recipe
These pecan pie bars taste exactly like a pecan pie with their shortbread crust and gooey pecan topping!
Servings: 20 bars
Calories: 81kcal
Cost: $8
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups (372g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
Filling:
- 1/3 cup (75g) unsalted butter, melted
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 ⅓ cups (316ml) dark corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups (300g) chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13-inch pan with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add butter, flour, sugar, and salt to a very large mixing bowl and mix on medium speed until crumbly. It will become evenly sized crumbs that compact when you press them together. This will take longer with a hand mixer than with a stand mixer.
- Press into the bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes (the edges should be light golden and the top should no longer be glossy).
- Meanwhile, whisk together melted butter, eggs, sugar, corn syrup, salt and pecans.
- Pour pecan mixture evenly over the top of the crust. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes, or until slightly puffed and slightly jiggly.
- Cool completely before slicing into squares. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
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Notes
- If you have a stand mixer, I would recommend using it to mix the crust - it will take less time than a hand mixer. It will be very crumbly when it's done mixing.
- When you are mixing your first ingredients the mixture should resemble course crumbs that you will then pack together to make your bars!
- As always, I recommend using a metal pan for baking the bars in.
- You know pecan pie is done when it's puffed and no longer wet looking and only slightly jiggles when you tap the pan.
- Cool completely before slicing into squares. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 81kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.01g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 0.01g | Vitamin A: 284IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.003mg