Pecan Pie Squares

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup all-purpose flour (unbleached)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• cooking spray
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 large egg
• 4 large egg whites
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 combine flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl.
• 3 cut in the butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 lightly spray an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• 5 firmly press flour mixture evenly into bottom of an 8 inch square baking pan.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 7 combine brown suar and corn syrup in a medium saucepan.
• 8 over medium heat, bring to a boil stirring gently.
• 9 combine egg and egg whites in a medium bowl.
• 10 stir one-fourth warm syrup mixture into eggs.
• 11 add to remaining warm syrup mixture.
• 12 stir in pecans and vanilla.
• 13 pour mixture over crust.
• 14 bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until set.
• 15 remove from oven and let cool completely.
• 16 cut into 16 squares.