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BUTTERSCOTCH
TOFFEE BLONDIES
MAKES ABOUT 24
1 cup unsalted butter, soft ened
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 (11-ounce) package butterscotch morsels
1 (8-ounce) package toff ee bits
PECAN PIE BARS 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9-inch square
MAKES ABOUT 12 SERVINGS baking pan with foil, letting excess extend 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 13x9-inch
over sides of pan. Spray foil with baking spray baking pan with foil; spray with baking spray
Crust: with flour. with flour.
11⁄2 cups all-purpose flour 2. For crust: In a medium bowl, whisk together
6 tablespoons sugar flour, sugar, and salt. Using a pastry blender 2. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars with
1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt or 2 forks, cut in cold butter until mixture is a mixer at medium speed until fluff y, 3 to
3⁄4 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed crumbly. Press mixture into bottom of 4 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl.
prepared pan. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well aft er each
Filling: 3. Bake until lightly browned around edges of addition. Beat in vanilla.
2⁄3 cup sugar crust, about 17 minutes. Let cool on a wire
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour rack for 15 minutes. 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour,
1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt 4. For filling: In a medium bowl, combine baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With
2⁄3 cup light corn syrup sugar, flour, and salt. mixer on low speed, gradually add flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted Whisk in corn syrup, melted butter, vanilla, mixture to butter mixture, beating until
1 teaspoon vanilla extract and eggs. Sprinkle pecans onto prepared combined. Stir in butterscotch morsels and
2 large eggs crust. Pour corn syrup mixture over pecans. toff ee bits. Spread batter into prepared pan.
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans 4. Bake until set, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool
Garnish: melted chocolate completely on a wire rack. Remove from pan, 4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center
and cut into bars. Drizzle with melted comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool
chocolate, if desired. completely in pan.
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