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Ingredients
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 Tbl |
| baking powder: 1/2 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| unsalted butter: 3/4 cup (at room temperature) |
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| eggs: 1 |
| pure vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| olive oil |
| pecans: 2 cups |
| granulated sugar: 1 1/2 cups |
| heavy whipping cream (fluid): 1 cup |
| unsalted butter: 6 Tbl |
| pure vanilla extract: 1 1/2 tsp |
| salt: 1/4 tsp |
Pecan Triangles
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
15 min -
Cook Time
165 min -
Servings
48 serving(s)
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- Crust:.
- Measure the flour, baking powder, and salt into a sifter.
- Beat the butter and sugar for 4 minutes.
- Add the egg and the vanilla and beat well.
- Sift the flour over the creamed mixture and beat until combined.
- Grease a 9 X 13-inch baking pan with olive oil.
- Press the dough evenly into the pan and refrigerate the pan for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375˚F.
- Bake the crust for about 25 minutes or until golden, rotating the pan once halfway through baking time.
- Topping:.
- Place the pecans on a baking sheet in a single layer and toast in the oven alongside the crust for 5 to 8 minutes, until golden.
- When cool, chop in a food processor or by hand.
- On medium high heat, measure sugar into a heavy 3-quart saucepan. When it starts to melt and turn golden, stir it occasionally.
- Continue to cook, stirring until the sugar completely melts and turns light brown.
- Carefully add the cream.
- Stir well and cook for 30 seconds or until the mixture is smooth and liquid.
- Cut the butter into little pieces.
- Add it to the caramel mixture along with the vanilla and salt.
- Stir in the chopped pecans.
- Pour the mixture over the partially cooled crust.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- When it is bubbly but still jiggly, remove from the oven and cool in pan on wire rack for 2 hours.
- Flip the entire pan over onto a large cutting board to remove the cookies from the pan.
- Turn cookies right side up.
- Using a sharp knife, cut into 24 bars.
- Cut each bar in half on the diagonal.