Happy New Year from Moore Or Less Cooking! This is the first recipe on my blog for 2014! I am happy to post a very delicious and easy cookie bar to start the New Year off with sweet luck! Thinking that we were eating lots of delicious lucky foods for New Years Day, I thought that this Caramel Pecan Bar would be perfect, it tastes like a pecan pie in a bar. As soon as friends took their first bite, they asked if this was posted on my blog! So here you go! My new favorite Caramel Pecan bar! I wish you all a Happy Healthy Prosperous New Year 2014!

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, cubed
• 2-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• Confectioners’ sugar, optional

Directions

1. In a large saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. In a small bowl, beat eggs and vanilla. Gradually add hot sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to the butter mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans.
2. Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs and edges are crisp. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar if desired. Cut into bars. Yield: 4 dozen.

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home

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Yield: 4 dozen

CARAMEL PECAN BARS

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Easy delicious holiday bars!

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Ingredients

• ingredients
• 1 cup butter
• 2-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• Confectioner's sugar, optional

Instructions

1. In a large saucepan, combine butter and sugar over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
2. In a small bowl, beat eggs and vanilla. Gradually add hot sugar mixture, stirring constantly.
3. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to the butter mixture and mix well.
4. Stir in pecans.
5. Spread into a greased 13 inch x 9 inch baking pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs and edges are crisp.
7. Cool on a wire rack.
8. Dust with confectioners sugar if desired.
9. Cut into bars.
10. Yield 4 dozen.