Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Carmel Pecan Bars

We had a Christmas party with all the gals involved with the shop and my mom-in-law made these Fan.tab.u.lous pecan bars. I was told to make sure the recipe got on here, so here goes (oh, by the way, by the time I went to take a pic of them, they were gone!):

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Crust
1 pkg. white cake mix
3/4 c. melted butter (no substitutes)

Topping
3 1/2 c. pecan halves
3/4 c. butter
1/2 c. honey
3/4 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. whipping cream

1. Crust~ Combine cake mix and melted butter, mixing until well blended. Press firmly into greased jelly roll pan. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on a wire rack.

2. Topping~ Scatter pecans evenly over crust. In a large, heavy saucepan, melt butter and honey. Add brown sugar. Boil 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened and a rich caramel color. Remove from heat. Carefully stir in cream. Mix well and pour evenly over pecans. Bake 15 minutes longer or just until topping is bubbling around sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into ooey, gooey, yummy bars.

For more great Christmas time recipes for cookies and bars, Karen at Brayton Homestead Interiors is hosting a Christmas recipe exchange..go check out some of her great treats and links!
Enjoy...Lisa ;-)

7 comments:

P.S. said...

Yum! So good to see you all! Thank you Sally and Lisa! Post pictures of thr party so I can steal them for my blog!

krys kirkpatrick said...

This is not Atkins approved. Oh why do I pick the holidays to diet. Lovely blog you have here. Happy Jolly Winter to you.

Farm Girl said...

Oh yummy! I am going to make those soon. Thank you for your lovely comments today. Your words were so kind. I hope you have lots of more pictures of your lovely store. I really enjoy looking. I wish I could shop!! :)

The Whispering Creek House said...

oh wow! sounds sooooo good! thanks so much for posting this!

Unknown said...

oh, do those sound good. just did a post on Christams desserts- check it out and let me know if I can add a link to you!

thanks...

Karen

Kristin said...

WOW! Those sound amazing!! Thank you for the recipe!

Shannan Martin said...

You had me at "ooey gooey". :)

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