Brown Sugar & Honey Pecan Bars
Brown Sugar & Honey Pecan Bars are chewy, sweet, pecan bars made without eggs.
Servings 24
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar packed (light or dark)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces cold butter cut up
Filling
- 4 ounces butter melted
- 1 cup brown sugar packed (light)
- ⅓ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans see note
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13x9 inch metal pan with non-stick foil or parchment. It's important to line the pan because these are very sticky.
- Prepare crust. Combine flour, brown sugar and salt in food processor and pulse 3 times to mix. Add butter and process until mixture is crumbly – it will be really dry. Pour over bottom of pan and press tightly. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Prepare the filling. In a heavy saucepan melt the butter. When the butter is completely melted, stir in brown sugar and honey. Simmer mixture for 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in cream, vanilla and pecans.
- Pour the pecan mixture over crust and spread evenly. Bake on center rack for 18-20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a rack for at least an hour. To quick-cool, let them cool down as much as possible then shove them in the refrigerator. I had to do this.
Notes
Makes 1 (13x9 inch) pan.
Note: I toasted the pecans by tossing them with a tablespoon of butter heating them in a roasting pan for 10 minutes at 350 degree F. I liked the toasty flavor, but I think these would be good even without toasted pecans.
