Pecan Bars

Over Christmas, my parents, brother, grandparents, and Zach's parents came down to visit. Luckily, my parents have a house down here in Goodyear, so it's not too far and everyone has a place to stay. This year, I took on the task of making every one's favorite type of cookies while they were here. The breakdown went a little like this...

Daddio - Sugar Cookies

Mom - Molasses Cookies

Dude - Fudge

Zach - Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Me - No-Bake Cookies

Grandma - Mincemeat Cookies (and I learned what mincemeat is!)

Grandpa - Chocolate Cake (it was his 90th birthday)

Renee and Schmevin - Pecan Bars

Let's just say, no one was without something sweet to munch on! I managed to make everything within two weeks, except for the Pecan Bars. So, when Renee and Schmevin came for a visit last week, I made it top priority to make them their favorite Pecan Bars.

Here's my recipe for Pecan Bars (found here):

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup butter

5 eggs

1 cup dark corn syrup

3/4 cup white sugar

a pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour and brown sugar.

Cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs.

The original recipe called for 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup margarine, but we didn't have margarine, so I just used 1 cup butter (Actually, it looks like from the pic below I only used 1/2 cup butter - but they still turned out!). 

Press into 9x13 pan and bake for 10 minutes.

Combine remaining ingredients, except for pecans, blend well.

Stir in pecans and pour over baked crust.

I poured some pecans on top for some decorative flava.

Reduce oven to 275 degrees.

Bake 50 minutes or until set. Cool, then cut into bars.

The bars were a huge hit! I think the whole pan was gone in two days!

Psst... Check out some of my past baking adventures here.