Like pecan pie in bar form, these pecan bars include a shortbread crust topped with a buttery honey-flavored filling overloaded with pecans.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bars, pecan
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Crust
3cupsall-purpose flour
1/2cupsugar
1/2tspsalt
1cupbutter
Pecan Filling
1.5cupshoney
4eggs
3tbspbutter, melted
1.5tspvanilla extract
2.5cupschopped pecans
1.5cupssugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, ½ cup sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter until it looks like crumbs. Make the crust by pressing the mixture into the pan.
3 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 cup butter
Bake this for 20 minutes. Remove but keep the oven on.
Mix the honey, 1.5 cups sugar, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla together in a large bowl. Make sure that it's smooth and then add in chopped pecans and stir it up.
Spread the filling evenly over the baked crust ASAP when it comes out of the oven.
Bake in the oven until the filling is set (approximately 20-25 minutes). Allow the bars to cool completely in the pan before slicing them up into delicious bars.