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Pecan Shortbread Bars
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 20 mins
Yield: Makes 18
Ingredients
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1 cup pecan halves
1 cup (spooned and leveled) all-purpose flour, plus more for preparation
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup cold (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/4 teaspoon salt
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Pecan Shortbread Bars
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 20 mins
Yield: Makes 18
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Pecan Shortbread Bars
Pecan Shortbread Bars
Pecan Shortbread Bars
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 20 mins
Yield: Makes 18
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 20 mins
Yield: Makes 18
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 20 mins
prep:
20 mins
total:
1 hr 20 mins
Yield: Makes 18
Makes 18
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecan halves
- 1 cup (spooned and leveled) all-purpose flour, plus more for preparation
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 cup cold (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on all sides.
In a food processor, pulse pecans until finely chopped. Transfer to a bowl; set aside. In processor, blend flour, sugar, butter, and salt until moist clumps form. Add reserved pecans; pulse 2 or 3 times, just to incorporate.
Press dough evenly into the bottom of prepared pan (if dough is sticky, dip fingers in flour). With a floured fork, prick dough every 1/2 inch. Bake until lightly golden, 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool 5 minutes in pan. Use foil overhang to lift shortbread from pan onto cutting board. With a serrated knife, carefully cut warm shortbread into 18 bars (6 rows by 3 rows). Remove from foil; cool bars completely on a rack before serving.
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44 Ratings
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Reviews (9)
Add Rating & Review
44 Ratings
5 star values:
8
4 star values:
4
3 star values:
15
2 star values:
9
1 star values:
8
Add Rating & Review
44 Ratings
5 star values:
8
4 star values:
4
3 star values:
15
2 star values:
9
1 star values:
8
44 Ratings
5 star values:
8
4 star values:
4
3 star values:
15
2 star values:
9
1 star values:
8
44 Ratings
5 star values:
8
4 star values:
4
3 star values:
15
2 star values:
9
1 star values:
8
- 5 star values:
- 8
- 4 star values:
- 4
- 3 star values:
- 15
- 2 star values:
- 9
- 1 star values:
- 8
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
08/18/2010
my recipes for shortbread use no liquid. Just a little moisture from the butter. That's what makes them so tender. That part of why it's called "short bread" high fat, no liquid.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
01/21/2010
What holds these together? Is there no liquid in the recipe?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/05/2009
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/30/2009
Sawzbella,
To make the dough by hand, mix the flour, sugar, and salt together and then cut in the butter with a pastry blender or a fork, like you would do for pie dough. Shortbread and pie crust are similar; you want to coat the butter with flour so it will be flaky, but don't handle it any more than you have to.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/30/2009
Since you will be chopping up the pecans anyway, why not
just use pecan pieces and not the more expensive pecan halves?
Mykele
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/30/2009
Sawzbella....chop them finely by hand.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/30/2009
I don't have a food processor, but these sound like they would be a hit at my house! My 10 year old discoverd his Dad's Pecan Pie this Thanksgiving!
Any suggestions for making them without a processor would be appreciated! Thank You!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/14/2008
These are the easiest and yummiest cookies! Everybody LOVES them!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/11/2008
These turned out great and were very quick and easy!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
08/18/2010
my recipes for shortbread use no liquid. Just a little moisture from the butter. That's what makes them so tender. That part of why it's called "short bread" high fat, no liquid.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
01/21/2010
What holds these together? Is there no liquid in the recipe?
Rating: Unrated
12/05/2009
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Rating: Unrated
11/30/2009
Sawzbella,
To make the dough by hand, mix the flour, sugar, and salt together and then cut in the butter with a pastry blender or a fork, like you would do for pie dough. Shortbread and pie crust are similar; you want to coat the butter with flour so it will be flaky, but don't handle it any more than you have to.
Since you will be chopping up the pecans anyway, why not
just use pecan pieces and not the more expensive pecan halves?
Mykele
Sawzbella....chop them finely by hand.
I don't have a food processor, but these sound like they would be a hit at my house! My 10 year old discoverd his Dad's Pecan Pie this Thanksgiving!
Any suggestions for making them without a processor would be appreciated! Thank You!
Rating: Unrated
09/14/2008
These are the easiest and yummiest cookies! Everybody LOVES them!
Rating: Unrated
04/11/2008
These turned out great and were very quick and easy!
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