Pecan Squares

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons real maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 for the crust:.
• 2 prep: 7 by 11 inch pan: put pan onto piece of wax paper and draw around it and cut out the shape you have drawn. grease the pan with pam or margarine. put the paper into the bottom of the pan and press it down.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, blend butter and sugar until light and creamy.
• 4 sift flour into bowl and stir well.
• 5 sprinkle flour onto a clean work surface and put the mixture onto it.
• 6 press mixture with your fingers, fold it in half, then press again.
• 7 knead for about a minute.
• 8 use back of a spoon to press mixture firmly and evenly in bottom of pan.
• 9 bake for 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
• 10 put on wire rack to cool.
• 11 for the filling:.
• 12 in a saucepan, melt butter over low heat.
• 13 stir in pure maple syrup, brown sugar, milk, & vanilla.
• 14 in a small bowl: beat the eggs well.
• 15 take the saucepan off the heat and stir the beaten eggs into mixture and mix well. pour topping onto your crust.
• 16 sprinkle pecans evenly over the filling.
• 17 bake for about 25 minutes.
• 18 topping will turn dark golden brown but it should be slightly gooey in the middle.
• 19 leave it to cool before cutting. enjoy!