Ultranutty Pecan Bars

Name: Ultranutty Pecan Bars
Yield: Makes 24 bars
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 6 tablespoons (2 2/3 ounces), sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 3/4 cup packed (5 1/4 ounces), light brown sugar; 1/2 cup, light corn syrup; 7 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and hot; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 4 cups (1 pound), pecan halves, toasted; 1/2 teaspoon flake, sea salt (optional)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Brownies & Bars

By banishing the custard filling in favor of a topping that emphasizes the pecan’s nutty richness, we made this bar cookie simpler, too.

SERVESMakes 24 bars

TIME1 hour, plus 1½ hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Pecan bars usually take the lead from pecan pie and are more about a thick, custardy filling than the pecans. We wanted a bar cookie that made the nuts the main focus. For the filling, we increased the amount of pecans to a full pound and t...

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