SPICED PECAN SHORTBREAD
Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread made with brown sugar and pecans. An absolutely wonderful recipe, and EASY too!
Provided by SILVERLOTUS
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Pecan Dessert Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cloves, and baking powder. Mix in the butter using a fork until well blended. The dough will be flaky and separated. Stir in the pecans, and press into an 8 inch square pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned on the top. Cut into squares while still warm, but do not remove from the pan. Allow to cool, then dust with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 216.9 calories, Carbohydrate 20.8 g, Cholesterol 30.5 mg, Fat 14.4 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.6 g, Sodium 89.8 mg, Sugar 8.3 g
SPICED PECAN DATE SHORTBREAD BARS
Cardamom, allspice, clove and nutmeg are the culprits in these flavorful bars, along with molasses and orange zest.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories snack, cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 18 bars
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Make the shortbread crust: Pulse flour, butter, confectioners' sugar and salt in a food processor until mixture looks like wet sand. (Alternatively, work the mixture with fingertips or a pastry cutter.)
- Press shortbread mixture into the bottom of a 9-by-9-inch square cake pan in an even layer. Bake crust for 20 minutes, until very lightly browned. Remove from oven and cool.
- Meanwhile, make the filling: In a medium saucepan, whisk together melted butter, eggs, molasses, golden syrup, cardamom, allspice, clove, nutmeg, salt, orange zest, rum and vanilla extract. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Stir in dates.
- Pour filling over prebaked crust, then sprinkle pecans over filling. Bake for 30 minutes, or until filling is no longer jiggly and seems set.
- Remove from oven and cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of pan to loosen cake, then invert pan over a cutting board to remove. Invert again and cool completely before cutting into bars approximately 1 1/2 by 3 inches.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 334, UnsaturatedFat 11 grams, Carbohydrate 34 grams, Fat 21 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 119 milligrams, Sugar 15 grams, TransFat 1 gram
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