Pecan Pie Bars

by | Oct 7, 2020

CommonGround volunteer Paula Peterson shares her recipe for Pecan Bars with Pure Nebraska viewers.

 

Pecan Pie Bars

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 18 ½ oz. cake mix spice yellow or butter
  • Reserve 2/3 cup of cake mix
  • ½ cup softened butter
  • 1 egg
  • Filling
  • 2/3 cup reserved cake mix
  • ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cup dark corn syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions
 

  • Grease bottom and sides of 13x9 baking pan.
  • In mixing bowl, combine cake mix (reserving 2/3 cup), butter and 1 egg.
  • Press in prepared pan. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
  • Prepare filling by combining cake mix, brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and eggs, mix thoroughly. Pour filling over partially baked crust.
  • Sprinkle with pecans. Return to oven and bake an additional 30 to 35 minutes until filling is set.
  • Cool and cut into bars it makes about 3 dozen.
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