Scrumptious pecan bars with buttery honey-flavored filling

This pecan bars recipe is like pecan pie in bar form. It includes a scrumptious shortbread crust topped with a buttery honey-flavored filling overloaded with pecans.

Ingredients

Crust

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter

Pecan Filling

• 1.5 cups honey
• 4 eggs
• 3 tbsp butter, melted
• 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
• 2.5 cups chopped pecans
• 1.5 cups sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, ½ cup sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter until it looks like crumbs. Make the crust by pressing the mixture into the pan.
3. Bake this for 20 minutes. Remove but keep the oven on.
4. Mix the honey, 1.5 cups sugar, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla together in a large bowl. Make sure that it’s smooth and then add in chopped pecans and stir it up.
5. Spread the filling evenly over the baked crust ASAP when it comes out of the oven.
6. Bake in the oven until the filling is set (approximately 20-25 minutes). Allow the bars to cool completely in the pan before slicing them up into delicious bars.