The Best Pecan Bars- The Salt and Sweet Kitchen

These are the most effective Pecan Bars! They are identical to pecan pie however in bar type. This recipe begins with crushed pecans, mixed with a do-it-yourself caramel sauce, then baked over a buttery flaky crust. It’s scrumptious served as is, or with a giant pile of ice cream. These Pecan Bars are nice for New Year’s Eve dessert or anytime of the yr!

Pecan Bars (Without Corn Syrup)

These honey pecan bars are excellent for the vacation season and particular events.

The shortbread crust is soften in your mouth scrumptious. Just press it into the underside of the ready pan and bake.

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Ingredients You’ll Need to Make Pecan Bars:

FOR THE CRUST

• All-purpose flour
• Cornstarch
• Powdered sugar
• Butter: Unsalted chilly butter- straight from the fridge
• Salt

FOR THE FILLING

• Butter
• Light brown sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Honey
• Salt
• Milk
• Pecans

How to Make Pecan Bars:

This pecan pie bars recipe is de facto fairly easy! Just make and bake the crust, pour within the filling, and bake some extra. Let it cool, and also you’ve obtained the proper nutty dessert.

To Make the Crust:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a 8 × 8 baking pan with foil or parchment paper (go away some paper hanging over the edges. Grease with baking spray and put aside.
• In the bowl of a food processorpulse collectively the flour, corn starch, powdered sugar, and salt and pulse a few instances to mix. Add cubed chilly butter and pulse till the combination is coarse, however not doughy.
• Transfer the combination to your ready greased pan, urgent the crust evenly into the underside of the pan.
• Bake at 350 F for about quarter-hour or till the crust has set and the sides are simply calmly browned.

Make the Pecan Pie Bars:

• Meanwhile, whereas the crust is baking, mix the butter, brown sugar, honey, , milk and salt in a big skillet. Bring to a boil then scale back warmth and simmer for two minutes. Remove from warmth and stir in vanilla and pecans, mixing till integrated.
• Pour sizzling pecan filling over your heat crust.

• Return to the oven and bake for an additional quarter-hour.
• Remove from oven, and let it cool utterly earlier than slicing into bars.
• Enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can you Freeze Pecan Bars:

This pecan squares recipe is a superb dessert to make forward of time. Simply bake the the dis as directed, enable it to utterly cool, then wrap tightly with plastic wrap or foil. Place in a freezer-safe zip-top bag or hermetic container and freeze for as much as 3 months. When able to serve, thaw in a single day within the fridge and permit to return to room temperature earlier than slicing and serving.

I made about 3 or 4 of those bars the previous couple of weeks to freeze for the upcoming holidays– they freeze and thaw fantastically! No one ever realizes they aren’t freshly baked.

How to Store Pecan Pie Bars:

Once these pecan bars are cooled utterly to room temperature, switch to an hermetic container and retailer at room temperature for as much as 4 days.

These bars are an excellent tribute to all issues candy. I like the scrumptious caramel layer stuffed with crunchy pecans. You can, after all, substitute one other kind of nut, if you happen to like. Once you attempt them, I feel you’ll end up making them time and again!

These Pecan Bars will probably be a celebrity on any vacation dessert desk!

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