Maple Pecan Bars (Reduced Sugar)

Name: Maple Pecan Bars (Reduced Sugar)
Yield: Makes 16 bars
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces), all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon, salt; ¼ teaspoon, baking powder; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces and chilled; 2 tablespoons, maple syrup; 1 tablespoon, water; ⅓ cup, maple syrup; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1 , large egg; 1 tablespoon bourbon or, dark rum (optional); 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon, salt; 1¾ cups, pecans, toasted and chopped coarse

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SERVESMakes 16 bars

TIME1⅓ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

Sugar6 grams (down from 13)

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Naturally Sweet

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Replacing the sugar in the crust with maple syrup resulted in a crumbly crust that simply couldn't support the hefty topping. Adding water helped to create a better crumb by hydrating the dough, and parbaking the crust before adding the top...

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