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Just made this tonight…my family was absolutely rapturous over them! My husband said these bars are even better than pecan pie! Thank you!
This is one of those times where I’m going to write about something that I’ve been eating all day. Or, um, all week. Two weeks?
No matter. I’ve loved every sticky second.
Cause THESE PECAN PIE BARS ARE GOOD.
I take my dessert bars very seriously, and I just couldn’t quite get it right the first one million times I made them. Too runny, too brown, too buttery. Or not.
So, what happened was I made them again. And again and again and again.
Cause that’s what food bloggers do.
They eat maple pecan pie bars for the greater good of the world.
They bring pecan bars to their neighbors, they hide pecan bars from their husbands, and they share pecan bars with their guards. Wait, food bloggers have guards?
Food bloggers have lots of secrets, guys.
Let’s just let this one happen, ok?
It’s a buttery pie crust that is under baked – because why not make it taste more like cookie dough? – and it’s soaked with a sweet, sugary maple pecan sauce that will melt your face off. Except not really, because the crunchy sea salt will wake you right back up with a jolt to the heart.
Is that normal to get your heart jolted by stuff like this?
I thought so. That’s why we get along so well.
Salted Maple Pecan Pie Bars
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
Description
These salted maple pecan pie bars are incredibly addicting. With perfect salty-sweet flavor and a chewy pie-crust base. Awesome dessert!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups flour (plus a few more tablespoons if necessary)
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup corn syrup
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and 1 cup brown sugar. Add the flour and beat until coarse crumbs form. If the mixture is too soft, add a little more flour. It should be crumbly but stick together when pressed.
- Press the crust into a 9×13 baking dish. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until top appears dry and slightly puffed. I like to underbake mine so the crust stays softer, but if you like more of a shortbread-type crust, bake a few minutes longer.
- For the filling, whisk the eggs, corn syrup, brown sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. Stir in the pecans and pour the mixture over the crust. The filling should not be more than just a light layer of sauce over the crust. Arrange any stray pecans and return to the oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven when the filling appears mostly set. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
- Cool completely and refrigerate overnight. Cut into 24 pieces and serve slightly chilled.
Notes
When baking the filling, look for a top that is set enough so that it doesn’t stick to your hand when you touch it. It might still be a tiny bit runny underneath, but it will hold together more as it cools. It’s sad, I know, but these HAVE to cool completely and chill before they hold together well. You can see how mine look in the photos – still a little soft and saucy – and that was after refrigerating them. You can eat them straight out of the oven – yum! but for the real, stick together bars, I recommend cooling and refrigerating overnight.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: salted maple pecan pie bars, pecan pie bars, maple pecan bars
For crying out loud, make these already.
Oh man these look so sticky and delicious! Yum!
I wish these bars would just jump off the screen and into my tummy!
These look amazing. All the ingredients in house … Hooray! How much pecans did you use?
Oh good grief. I have had SO many issues with a new recipe plugin that I’ve been trying and pecans must have been a casualty of the goofed up HTML. Orrr I was eating a bar and forgot to add it. 🙂 You never know. I’ll add it now! It was something like 2 cups for mine.
I would be eating these all the time as well. They look so delicious!
So buttery, sticky, and gooey. Exactly how I like my actual pecan pie! I don’t have it much too often but when I do, I prefer it in portable form like a bar. Testing recipes over and over again… such is my life Lindsay…! I’m glad you took the time to perfect these, they certainly look worth the effort!
Oooo these look wonderful! I will definitely make these this fall! Thank you for the recipe & your photos are beautiful♥
These look melt-in-your-mouth good!
Those look like heaven!!!
I can’t get over how gorgeous these are, let alone how amazing I am sure they taste. Perfect for the holidays!
Adding “salted” to pecan pie bars is a stroke of genius. My man will love these. Pinned it!
Pecan pie is something I did not like growing up and now that I’m grown up it’s something that I can’t live without! These look absolutely to die for !!
They sound incredible and I too take my dessert bars seriously! 🙂
Great job on your site – looks so pretty with the changes you’re making!
Thanks Averie!
These look divine! And I bet that little hint of sea salt makes them even more addictive and mouthwatering…
I was planning to take a break from making giant batches of sweet gooey desserts after polishing off a whole tray of Baklava (with almonds & cinnamon! …I just posted the recipe today : ), but on the other hand, maybe I’ll make an exception for this one…
these look amazingly gooey-yummy!! It’s already bookmarked….Thanks for sharing it!! Have a great week!! 😀
Yes! This dessert has everything I love about sweet treats, as you have so elegantly described! Sweet, chewy, crunchy, flaky…absolutely delicious!
Anything topped with sea salt is a winner in my book, and these are gorgeous. And that’s some dedicated food blogging to subject yourself to these over and over to make them perfect. 😉
These look divine!
Oh what sacrifices you have made! These look mouth-wateringly good!
Wipes drool from chin…
These are perfect for the fall and they look, like what I like to call, “stupid good”.
Holy cow these look like death by salted maple pecan sugary buttery goodness. I’m already in love and I haven’t even tried them! I love the new clean blog look by the way. 🙂
Thank you!
These look amazing! Pinned and clipped for baking later!
Is it Thanksgiving already? I would give thanks for one of these every day.
these look SO SO good, i wish i could just take some off that plate!! i’ve pinned this – can’t wait to make it this holiday season!
Thanks Julie! I definitely had enough to share… now if only we were on the same continent. 🙂
I vote for these for the 5th food group. Great photos.