Maple Shortbread Bars Recipe - NYT Cooking
Food • January 2017 • Views: 2,574
Ingredients For the crust:
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, chilled
For the filling:
- 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
- ⅔ cup real maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
Preparation
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. For crust, combine flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Cut butter into slices, and cut in with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is crumbly. Press into bottom and half an inch up the sides of a 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Cool on rack.
- For filling, combine all ingredients except pecans, and mix until smooth. Pour into cooled crust. Distribute nuts evenly over top. Bake 30 minutes, or until filling is set. Cool on a rack before cutting.