Maple-Pecan Sticky Bars

Name: Maple-Pecan Sticky Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters all purpose flour; 1 large egg yolk; 79 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 118 milliliters pure maple syrup; 355 milliliters coarsely chopped pecans; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 59 milliliters whipping cream

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Maple-Pecan Sticky Bars From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9x9x2-inch metal cake pan. Using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, and egg yolk in bowl to blend.

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Egg Yolk

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Cake Form

Bowl

Oven

Add flour and salt; beat until moist clumps form. Gather dough together. Press dough over bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of pan.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Frying Pan

Bake crust until golden, about 20 minutes. Cool.

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Crust

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Oven

Combine first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring until butter melts and mixture is smooth. Boil filling 30 seconds.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; mix in vanilla, then nuts.

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Vanilla

Nuts

Pour hot filling into crust.

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Crust

Bake bars until filling is bubbling in center, about 15 minutes. Cool bars completely in pan on rack (filling will become firm). Chill at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.)

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Oven

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Cut into 30 bars.