Maple Pecan Shortbread Bars

Ricardo
Ricardo @tallcook
Manhattan, New York, United States

A week after the attacks of 9/11, food writer Regina Schrambling wrote about the healing power of cooking. She shared this recipe, and I have been making it ever since.

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Ingredients

1 hour
48 bars
  1. Crust
  2. 300 grams (2 cups)all-purpose flour
  3. 110 grams (1/2 cup)sugar
  4. 1/2 teaspooncoarse kosher salt (or 1/4 teaspoon fine salt)
  5. 230 grams (2 sticks)unsalted butter, cold, cut into slices
  6. Filling
  7. 335 grams (1 3/4 cups)brown sugar, light or dark
  8. 224 grams (3/4 cup)dark (robust) maple syrup
  9. 2extra large eggs, beaten
  10. 76 grams (5 tablespoons)unsalted butter, melted
  11. 1 1/4 teaspoonsvanilla extract
  12. 1 1/4 teaspoonsmaple extract
  13. 1/2 teaspooncoarse kosher salt (or 1/4 teaspoon fine salt)
  14. 300 grams (2 1/2 cups)coarsely chopped pecans

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Heat oven to 350 degrees. For crust, combine flour, sugar, butter, and salt in a food processor. Mix until mixture is crumbly.

  2. 2

    Press into bottom and half an inch up the sides of a 10- by 15-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Cool on rack.

  3. 3

    For filling, combine all ingredients except pecans, and mix until smooth. Pour into cooled crust.

  4. 4

    If oven is off, preheat to 350F.

  5. 5

    Distribute nuts evenly over top. Bake 30 minutes, or until filling is set. Cool on a rack before cutting.

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Notacook
Notacook @Reallycantcook
This recipe brought directly to mind childhood visits to my grandmother’s house! That’s a powerful bar.

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Ricardo
Ricardo @tallcook
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Manhattan, New York, United States
My mother was a very good home cook, which made me appreciate homemade food to this day.
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