Cookie and Pecan Bars

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  • on March 21, 2011

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    Tried this recipe twice---both times it was a crumby mess when I tried to slice it. What is the secret to holding it together??? Tasted yummy and used the crumbs on top of ice cream---but I would like to be able to serve as bars.

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  • on November 09, 2009

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    When I saw this recipe last year, I liked it right away. I was drooling and couldn't wait til I got to the store to get the ingredients. Very simple, and very, very good. I took it in as dish for our staff holiday party, and it was just wonderful. For the people who say it's crumbly get a really sharp knife to slice thru it, that will eliminate that. Also slightly chop the pecans if you think they are too large, I sliced my cherries in quarter as well. Every recipe has to have some variance, it's all in the cook. Mine turned out great! I also used a thin cookie sheet for mine, since I needed them to go a little ways for everyone to have some ( I needed more than 12 pieces, and some to take home. I will be using this again this year, it's my secret recipe, and the ones who liked it, "love it" and are asking for it again. Really the key to slicing is to have a very sharp knife. Remember it's too rich to have too big of pieces so I cut mine into 1 inch squares...goes a long way.

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  • on September 09, 2009

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    I watched your show when you made these bars figuring I could do that very easily. My grandaughter begged me to make those for a family dinner dessert so I, of course, agreed. We went to the store and I spent well over $20.00 since I do not normally have those ingredients on hand. We came home and began to follow the recipe to the "T". To my surprise (and my grandaughter's disappointment, they did not set at all. It totally crumbled as though I had never put the binding agent (brown sugar and butter in the mix. I am sure $20.00 does not mean much to you, but as an older widow paying all my expenses on a small paycheck from a fulltime job, it is more than I want to toss away. Unfortunately I have to do just that because these are inedible unless you eat it with a spoon, and that does not work out so well. Again, biggest waste of my hardearned money down the drain!!! And what was even worse, I had no dessert to take to the family dinner, and that was my responsibility. Quite embarrassing!

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  • on April 18, 2009

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    The pecan halves are too big and create too much air/space which prevent the mix from ever firmly setting. If I try again I'm going to crush them up to get a little more uniform size between the ingredients.

    Also, too much brown sugar. It's very difficult to get it to truly melt into the butter which also contributes to the problems with set up (as well as making it sickeningly sweet. The cookie bits tend to absorb all the butter and the sugar sinks to the bottom.

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  • on March 30, 2009

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    Best chocolate/pecan/cookie/cherry bar ever! So easy to make. Kids will love you in the kitchen begging you to help. Yum, Yum..

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  • on March 29, 2009

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    These were a big hit with my friends, yummie

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  • on December 14, 2008

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    These were easy to make and came out just great! Who cares if they are messy when they taste like this.

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  • on December 08, 2008

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    I thought these sounded good and easy. But when it came to cutting, it just crumbled. A waste of 3 cups of pecans and the other ingredients. I am throwing this recipe away.

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  • on November 23, 2008

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    First time I watched Danny make this I thought "Wow! I can do that!!!" So I am not too big on pecans or raisins, so I kept the cherries and used peanuts. GOOD GOOD GOOD. Then I was like..... "Oh it is so on with making cookie bars!!" So then I used some Nutter Butters and Peanut Butter Chips, and there are just so many ways you can play with cookie bars!!! Awesome possibilities are to come!!! Great recipe!!!

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  • on October 29, 2008

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    It had really great flavor but when I cut into them it just crumbled. I don't know how to fix that problem. I noticed on the episode that when he cut it, there was some crumbling. Any ideas?

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