Simple Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

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Simple Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

Simple Pecan Pie Bars Recipe, a delicious layered dessert featuring a gooey pecan filling on top of a shortbread crust.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Christmas, Holiday

Search Result: Simple Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

Servings:

Equipment

baking dish

Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

Crust

½ cup Butter. --Softened
¼ cup Sugar.
1 cup Flour

Filling.

¾ cup Light Corn Syrup.
¼ cup Brown Sugar.
2 Eggs.
2 tbsp Flour.
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
½ tsp Salt.
1½ cups Pecans. --Chopped

Instructions

Prepare. Preheat your oven to 350f and prep your baking pan with parchment paper that overhangs the edges of the pan.
Crust. Place the crust ingredients into a large mixing bowl and use a pastry cutter (or fork) to cut the butter into the dry ingredients (this step can also be done in a food processor). Once the ingredients are combined and resemble or crumbly texture, you can press them into the prepared pan to form the crust. Bake the crust for until it turns light brown, (about 18-20 minutes).
Filling. To make the filling, in a clean large mixing bowl, use a whisk to combine together the corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Once the ingredients you can stir in the flour and then the pecans.
Layer. When your crust is done baking, carefully remove it from the oven and pour the filling ingredients over the crust, evenly spreading the ingredients.
Bake. Return the bars to your oven and continue to bake until the center of the bars appears to set and not jiggly (about 25-30 minutes)
Cool. Allow the bars to fully cool before using the ends of the parchment paper to lift them from the pan. To cut the bars, first slice the bars in half and then continue to slice the halves in half until your have 16 or the number of bars desired.

Recipe Notes

*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe.

Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

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originally posted:

December 3, 2025

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Nutrition

Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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