Caramel Pecan Bars

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups pecan halves
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup liquid honey
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf (180ºc).
• 2 in medium bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 3 beat in egg.
• 4 stir in flour.
• 5 press evenly in 10x15-inch (25x 40cm) jelly roll pan.
• 6 bake for 10 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven.
• 8 spread pecans evenly over crust, placing them broken sided down.
• 9 with a bit of planning in each bar when it is cut.
• 10 in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
• 11 stir in honey and brown sugar.
• 12 cook, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves and mixture boils.
• 13 continue boiling and stirring for 5 minutes or until mixture is a rich caramel colour.
• 14 remove from heat.
• 15 throughfuly blend in cream.
• 16 pour over pecans.
• 17 bake fifteen minutes.
• 18 this can be turned into something akin to a pecan pie by doubling the nuts by 3 cups (750 ml).