Sure, you could make a pecan pie but that’s so predictable. Surprise and delight everyone at the table with these easier-than-pie (pun intended!) pecan bars. A shortcut ingredient, Betty’s sugar cookie mix, makes it possible to whip up a batch of these shareable and easy pecan bars with just 10 minutes of prep time. They might even be the best thing to ever come out of your 13x9 pan—but we’ll let you be the judge.
Easy Pecan Pie Bars
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 2 hr 55 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 egg
Filling
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, stir all Crust ingredients until dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan using floured fingers. Bake 20 minutes.
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Step3Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir all Pecan Filling ingredients until well blended. Pour over hot crust.
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Step4Bake 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely, about 2 hours. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
150
Calories
8g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
18g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 150
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 95mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 50mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 18g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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