Quick Pecan Pie Bars

  4.6 – 165 reviews  • Pecan Dessert Recipes

This meal has wonderful flavor and plenty of space for inventive modification. It is fresh and sweet in the Thai way. Enjoy!

Servings: 48
Yield: 48 bars

Ingredients

  1. 3 cups all-purpose flour
  2. ½ cup white sugar
  3. 1 cup butter
  4. ½ teaspoon salt
  5. 4 eggs
  6. 1 ½ cups light corn syrup
  7. 1 ½ cups white sugar
  8. 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
  9. 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  10. 2 ½ cups chopped pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the sides and bottom of one 15×10 inch pan.
  2. In a large bowl combine the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, margarine or butter and salt until the mixture resemble coarse crumbs. Press firmly into the prepared pan.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
  4. In a large bowl stir the eggs, corn syrup 1 1/2 cups white sugar, melted margarine and vanilla until blended. Stir in the chopped pecans.
  5. Spread the filling evenly over the hot crust. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until set. Let cool before slicing.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 175 kcal
Carbohydrate 23 g
Cholesterol 26 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 2 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 72 mg
Sugars 11 g
Fat 9 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Gary Mills
I appreciated the comments, and made some of those adjustments. Need to bake a bit longer to keep from being so runny. Everyone enjoyed them.
Timothy Dominguez
So tasty. Easy to create. This is my first pecan creation. Love it!
Brad Hull
Mine turned out so sticky I ended up throwing out. With every bite I was worried I was going to pull a filling loose or out. I used butter. They were deliciously dangerous. What went wrong?
Sheila Haynes
Easy to make and everyone loved them. I definitely recommend making them the night before you need them to cool down and settle then cut the next day. They were perfect!!
Daniel Martin
It was divine!
Maria Lee DDS
I made this yesterday for Thanksgiving dinner. I did make a couple of changes though. I used 1 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of white sugar. I also used all butter, no margarine. The bars turned out really good. These need an extra 5 minutes to bake. I line my pan with Parchment paper and after letting them cool for a bit they will come out nicely.
Jeffery Martin
I’ll make it again! Easy. Four stars only because of the light corn syrup, I try to stay away from it. It was an indulgence!
Andrew Lopez
So good! Easy to make and delicious. Tastes just like pecan pie. I like that the crust is made with butter. It tastes like a shortbread crust. I’ll probably add a bit more pecans next time. I like my pecan pie loaded with pecans. Mmmmm
Kristen Phillips
This is fabulous. Someone asks for the recipe every time I take these somewhere. I butter the pan, line with parchment paper, and butter the parchment paper, make sure the sides come up over the edge of the pan. I make the crust in my food processor. The finished bars usually bake for 35 minutes after adding the filling.
Madison Johnson
No I did not make any changes. Very disappointed in that the topping barely set even after almost an hour of baking.
Brian Stewart
Yummy crust tasted like Walker shortbread cookies. Replaced the vanilla with 43 liquor . Will make this instead of pecan pie.
Carlos Morris
No changes and yes!! I will make it again!!
Jessica Hernandez
I made it according to recipe but turned out Soupy. Even after cooking a second time for another 15 minutes equaling a total of 45 minutes. Too much flour for crust as one review said as well as too much Karo syrup. Really frustrated that I used all those ingredients and had to pitch it out.
Raymond Page
I used the amounts in the recipie, however, I did change it up a little. I toasted my pecans while I mixed the crust. I also lined my pan with aluminum foil. While the crust baked (20 min), I mixed the filling ingredients in a pan and heated them just until they started to thicken then poured it over the crust and put it back in until it started to set (17 minutes in my oven). I pulled it out and let it cool for about 20 minutes. The foil allowed me to pull the whole thing off the pan and I pulled the edges away from the foil. I let it set about another 30 minutes and cut it with a pizza cutter. It is excellent and tastes just like a pecan pie!
Kristina Velasquez
I made this exactly as written. No changes. They are absolutely delicious! They remind me of the Sandies cookies you buy from the store but even better. Great recipe and plan to make again!
Scott Lopez
This was an excellent dessert. Definitely one I will make again. Took it to a potluck dinner at church and came back with an empty pan. So easy to make. The only change I made was making my own brown sugar (because I thought I had some but didn’t. ) using white sugar and molasses. Other than that, everything was the same! Wonderful!
Nicholas Williams
Very very good bar recipe. I like it better than a traditional pecan pie which I find too sweet and rich to eat a whole piece. I read some reviews before baking and made some changes. Some reviewers baked as is and some reduced the flour to 2 cups. Well, I reduced to 2 1/2 cups and the crust is delicious and tender. In the filling I used 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup brown suger. I used a disposable foil pan sprayed with nonstick spray and they came out easily. In my pan it ended up being about 50/50 crust to filling which I think is absolutely perfect to keep it from being to rich and gooey. Some other reviewers also noted the edges cooking too much before the middle and having to extend cooking time. I did extend the cooking time by about 20 minutes and my edges are definately more cooked and firm (one person described it as toffee-like which is an excellent description). I love the edges and think the soft middle with a chewier and caramel-like edge is very yummy. I will make these again for Thanksgiving!
Deborah Osborn
Made these for office luncheon, everyone raved and wanted seconds. Cookie bottom has buttery flavor. Pecan topping was a little soft and runny and cookies were sticky by second day but the taste deserves 5 stars.
Misty Fitzpatrick
I doubled the batch using 10 eggs and two tablespoons vanilla…light brown sugar baked @ 325 for 40 minutes, kicked up the heat to 350 for 10 more minutes …first baked crust T 325 for 15 minutes
Wayne Campos
I made this with a gluten free all purpose flour mix (Bob’s Red Mill) and it was delicious! I didn’t modify anything else. The whole family raved!
Jasmine Hernandez
Made in 10×13 pan and cooked a couple of minutes longer. Family and friends raved about it saying it tastes just like pecan pie.

 

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