Pecan Slice
 
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Pecan Slice made with the perfect combination of chewy gooey pecan filling topped on shortbread crusted base.
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Recipe type: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Crust
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose plain flour
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ tspn salt
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
Filling
  • ¾ cup packed light-brown sugar
  • ¼ cup corn syrup, or glucose
  • ¼ cup thickened cream
  • ½ tspn salt
  • 2 cups pecans
  • ½ chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC. Line a Line a 9-inch square baking pan.
  2. In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, and salt to combine. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add egg; pulse just until a dough forms.
  3. Transfer dough to prepared pan; with floured fingers and an offset spatula, press firmly into bottom and ¾ inch up sides. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes.
  4. Prick bottom of dough; bake until lightly golden, 20 minutes. Let cool while preparing filling.
  5. Make the filling: In a large saucepan, bring butter, brown sugar and corn syrup to a boil over high heat, whisking constantly until smooth. Continue to boil, without stirring, until slight darkened. About 2 minutes.
  6. Remove pan from heat. Whisk in cream and salt. Mix in pecans.
  7. Spoon hot filling evenly over crust, using a spoon or spatula to press in nuts so they fit snugly.
  8. Bake for about 20 minutes. The slice should be bubbling and amber coloured. Cool completely in pan.
Recipe by Grab Your Spork | grabyourspork.com at https://grabyourspork.com/recipes/baked-goods/pecan-slice/