Easy Shortbread Pecan Bars recipe. A shortbread crust topped with pecan nuts, honey, cream and brown sugar for a healthy snack bar.
Easy Shortbread Pecan Bars
An Easy shortbread Pecan Bars recipe idea to create for snacks or treats or even dessert. Healthy Oven Bake with a shortbread base crust and melted honey, sugar and cream topping with pecan nuts. Popular Thanksgiving dessert or snack. Set and cut into squares or bars for a treat or snack. Pecans provide energy and make a filling kids school snack for the lunch box.
Why are pecans used in desserts?
Pecans are often used in baking with tarts or pies, muffins, fudge, biscuits and cakes. As they have a sweet and creamy taste with a little buttery flavor, which compliments baked goods. They also have a high fat content and setting them on top of desserts make them attractive.
What are the uses of pecans?
- Pecans can be eaten fresh
- or roasted
- used in desserts
- cookies, cakes and ice creams
- Add them in your parfait with yogurt or smoothie bowls.
Ingredients
- flour
- salt
- powdered sugar (castor or fine sugar)
- chilled butter
- brown sugar
- honey
- pecan nuts (also use some walnuts)
- heavy cream
- vanilla extract
The amounts needed for the ingredients and the instructions are in the recipe attached.
How To
In a food processor, pulse together the flour, salt, powdered sugar and butter until it forms clumps.
Grease a 9 x 13 pan and press the dough firmly into an even layer covering the bottom of the pan. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and set aside.
In a small saucepan, heat the sugar, honey, pecans and cream until the sugar has dissolved. (About 2 minutes.) Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
Pour over the crust and place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Baked and left to cool until cut up into bars.
Delicious shortbread crust with honey brown sugar and pecan nuts as a topping for these healthy bars for a snack or dessert.
Share for snacks or treats for kids or place in the school lunch boxes.
The amazing short crust base with the healthy honey and cream topping cooked with pecan nuts.
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Easy Shortbread Pecan Bars
Easy Shortbread Pecan Bars recipe. A shortbread crust topped with pecan nuts, honey, cream and brown sugar for a healthy snack bar.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 40 min
- Total Time: 60 min
- Yield: 20 1x
- Category: Desserts, appetizer, snack
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 2 cups of flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar (castor or fine sugar)
- 1 cup of chilled butter
- 3/4 cup of brown sugar
- 3/4 cup of honey
- 2 cups of pecan nuts
- 6 Tablespoons of heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. F (175 Degrees, C)
- In a food processor, pulse together the flour, salt, powdered sugar and butter until it forms clumps.
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Grease a 9 x 13 pan and press the dough firmly into an even layer covering the bottom of the pan. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat the sugar, honey, pecans and cream until the sugar has dissolved. (About 2 minutes.) Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Pour over the crust and place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool before cutting into squares and serving!
I hate to be negative and leave bad reviews but this was the wrong recipe to pick. I should have known 1/2 cup of butter was not enough. I should have doubled that. It cracked and was completely dry. 20 minutes was way too long, 12 would have cooked it. Sad I wasted my time and ingredients.
hi,
I apologize for the recipe typo. You are quit right it is 1 cup…so sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know. It has been corrected after i checked the recipe….so sorry about that and i hope you try it again…