Fudgy Pecan Streusel Bars

Name: Fudgy Pecan Streusel Bars
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 283 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 0 teaspoons coarse sea salt; 1 large (large) egg yolk; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 118 milliliters pecans, toasted; chopped; 118 milliliters sugar; 397 grams can sweetened condensed milk; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for the pan

Fudgy Pecan Streusel Bars might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre collection. This recipe serves 25. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 179 calories, 3g of protein, and 8g of fat. A mixture of sugar, flour, egg yolk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons of butter with the sugar and egg yolk until smooth.

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Egg Yolk

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

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Add the flour, baking powder and salt and beat at low speed until evenly moistened, about 2 minutes. Using your hands, knead once or twice to bring the dough together.

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Baking Powder

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter a 9-inch square metal baking pan. Pat three-fourths of the dough into the baking pan in an even layer. In a bowl, beat the pecans into the remaining dough. Crumble the pecan streusel on a plate. Refrigerate the crust and streusel for 10 minutes.

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Butter

Pecans

Crust

Dough

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Baking Pan

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In a medium saucepan, combine the chocolate and condensed milk and stir over low heat until melted and very thick, about 3 minutes.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Chocolate

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Sauce Pan

Scrape into a bowl. Press a sheet of plastic wrap directly onto the surface and let cool slightly.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

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Spread the fudgy filling evenly on the dough in the pan and sprinkle with the coarse salt. Scatter the pecan streusel on top.

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Coarse Salt

Spread

Dough

Pecans

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Frying Pan

Bake in the lower third of the oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the top is golden.

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Oven

Let cool completely.

Run the tip of a knife around the edge of the pan.

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Cut the square into 18 bars and serve.

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Ingredients

Servings:

1teaspoons

baking powder 283grams

bittersweet chocolate, chopped 0teaspoons

coarse sea salt 1large

(large) egg yolk 355milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoons

kosher salt 118milliliters

pecans, toasted; chopped 118milliliters

sugar 397grams

can sweetened condensed milk 1Tbsp

unsalted butter, plus more for the pan

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Maximin Grunhaus Herrenberg Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 40 dollars per bottle.

Maximin Grunhaus Herrenberg Riesling Spatlese

The Herrenberg Spatlese is always the flashiest wine at Grunhaus as the vineyards red slate soils render a more lush, slightly lower acid riesling that its bigger brother Abstberg. Spatlese sweet with explosive aromas and flavors of red delicious apples, yellow peaches, strawberry/rhubarb and salty minerals. Full bodied for a riesling, serve with a Virginia baked ham, a spicy lamb curry or just a traditional Jaeger schnitzel.