Recipe by The Kitchen Paper​

Pecan Shortbread Bars​

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Ingredients​

• 1 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 3/4 cup light-brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 4 cups pecan halves
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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Instructions​

1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius. Butter a 9x13" pan, and line with parchment paper.
2. Combine 1 1/8 cup (2 1/4 sticks) of butter with 3/4 cup brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 tsp salt, then the flour one cup at a time. Mix until dough forms into large clumps.
3. Press the dough into the bottom of your prepared pan, fork-prick the crust, and chill for 20 minutes. When chilled, bake for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely before proceeding.
4. Reduce oven temperature to 162 degrees Celsius.
5. Place remaining butter, brown sugar, honey, granulated sugar, heavy cream, and salt in a medium saucepan over high heat. Stir together and bring to a boil.
6. Cook until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, and stir in pecans and vanilla.
7. Pour the pecan mixture over the cooled crust, and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the filling is bubbling.
8. Let cool completely before cutting into small pieces for serving.

 

[Littleboy8]

Yum I’ve only got almonds guess I could use them couldn’t i, I’ll do these later I need something to snack on thanks.

 

[Penny4]

Looks nice, but 4 cups of nuts is costly. I suppose you could use less.

 

[Littleboy8]

Looks nice, but 4 cups of nuts is costly. I suppose you could use less.

Yeah just use half the nuts i’m going to do it later on and use maybe 2 cups.

 

[Clancieblue]

Looks nice, but 4 cups of nuts is costly. I suppose you could use less.

I suggest you crush them ,to make them go further. safer for your teeth as well

 

[Penny4]

I suggest you crush them ,to make them go further. safer for your teeth as well

Yes, it would save teeth. You can use 4 cups if you want.

 

[Jo Piper3]

Looks nice, but 4 cups of nuts is costly. I suppose you could use less.

I thought they would be expensive too.

 

[Ebby]

I thought they would be expensive too.

Looks yummy

 

[Littleboy8]

I thought they would be expensive too.

$4.10 for a 150 gm bag at woollies I just looked it up. I looked up the recipe and the girl who did it said she actually used extra for the topping, as you can see by the picture. So yeah just use as much as you want.

 

[Babybird]

Yum I’ve only got almonds guess I could use them couldn’t i, I’ll do these later I need something to snack on thanks.

Should work

 

[Babybird]

Looks nice, but 4 cups of nuts is costly. I suppose you could use less.

You can

 

[Babybird]

Yeah just use half the nuts i’m going to do it later on and use maybe 2 cups.

Enjoy

 

[Babybird]

I suggest you crush them ,to make them go further. safer for your teeth as well

Sounds good

 

[Babybird]

Yes, it would save teeth. You can use 4 cups if you want.

Never tried with crushed nuts