Mrs Fields Pecan Pie Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup salted butter, chilled
• 5 tablespoons ice water (5 to 6)
• 5 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly pack
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350-degrees f. in a medium bowl combine flour and.
• 2 chilled butter with a pastry cutter until dough resembles coarse meal. add.
• 3 water gradually and mix just until dough holds together and can be shaped.
• 4 into a ball. or, use a food processor fitted with metal blade to combine.
• 5 flour and butter until they resemble coarse meal. add water by.
• 6 tablespoonfuls and process just until a dough ball begins to form. wrap.
• 7 dough tightly in a plastic scrap or a plastic bag. refrigerate 1 hour or.
• 8 until firm.
• 9 on floured board using a floured rolling pin, roll out dough into a.
• 10 10x10-inch pan. fold dough in half and then into quarters. place it in an.
• 11 8x8-inch baking pan. unfold the dough and press it into the corners and up along the sides of the pan.
• 12 refrigerate 15 minutes.
• 13 to prepare the filling: melt 5 tablespoons of butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• 14 remove from heat, and stir in sugar and corn syrup. mix.
• 15 until smooth. add vanilla and eggs, and beat with spoon until thoroughly.
• 16 combined. fold in chopped pecans. pour the pecan filling into the.
• 17 pastry-lined pan. if dough extends beyond filling mixture trim dough with.
• 18 a knife. place pan in center of oven and bake 50-60 minutes or until.
• 19 filling is set. cool on wire rack. cut into 2x2-inch square, and top each.
• 20 with a pecan half. serve at room temperature or chilled.