Pecan Pie Squares

Delish! If you don't live somewhere near a pecan tree, you can usually find pecans at Trader Joe's.

PECAN PIE SQUARES
Crust:
3 cups flour
⅓ cup sugar
¾ cup butter, softened
½ teaspoon salt

Filling:
½ cup sugar
1½ cups corn syrup
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs, beaten
2½ cups pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine ingredients for crust. Grease a 10x15" jelly roll pan and press crust ingredients evenly into bottom of pan. Bake 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in another mixing bowl (or just the first one, washed and ready to go again), combine ingredients for filling. When crust is baked, remove pan from oven (remember, oven mitt!) and spread filling evenly over crust. Return to oven and bake another 25 minutes or until filling is set. Cool and cut into squares. Makes about 60 squares.

Contributor: David Ashton