Pecan Squares

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I have made these several times. They are quite impressive. I had a large tray displayed on an architectural column top for my daughter's graduation and have even individually wrapped them at Christmas time (yeah I said Christmas for my husbands office! Outstanding!

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These pecan squares are a huge hit. I agree with the other reviewers that the recipe is time consuming and the ingredients a bit pricey, so I too reserve making them for special occassions. They are truly addictive, so I make a habit of setting them all out for guests so that I don't eat too many! The amount of butter required is also a good reason to reserve this recipe for special occassions, as I think of my waistline spreading at just the thought of a combined total of 2.25 pounds of butter for this recipe!

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Another Ina recipe that doesn't disappoint. I made this recipe for my moms birthday -the bars came out great and were a huge hit. I decided to use heavy duty foil in my half sheet pan as I do when making Ina's brownies. Instead of folding the excess foil over the edge of the pan I let it stick straight up in the air by at least an inch above the pan. (This prevented any spilling over the pan during the second bake and kept the bars from sticking to the pan when some of the filling bubbled over the dough I refrigerated overnite and with the foil was able to pop the entire piece out with no problem and been the foil right off.

The recipe is somewhat time consuming and the ingredients are not cheap (buying some of the ingredients at Costco helped keep the price down but they are great for a holiday or special occasion - they also seem to freeze quite well.

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This recipe is a crowd pleaser. I only make for special occassions, it's a little pricey. But, it's worth the effort. Don't forget about over spill it could ruin the whole experience. I like the ideal of drizzling the chocolate instead of dipping. This recipe won't disappoint!

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I just made these for the heck of it and it came out absolutely wonderful!!! I followed the directions EXACTLY and the recipe did not disappoint. This was my first time ever making shortbread and pecan bars. But here's a note to those who had bad results: You don't have to use ALL the shortbread dough. Use enough to fill the baking sheet and form the edge. You can always freeze the leftover dough. Second note: DO NOT FILL THE PAN TO THE EDGES WITH THE PECAN MIXTURE. That's why you have spillage. Caramel spreads when its baked like that. Leave at least an inch all the way around for the pecan mixture to expand. Hope this helps, folks! Enjoy and happy cooking!

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I had the fore sight to line the oven with foil but still won't make these again. I followed the recipe exact for the shortbread and it rose too much in the pan leaving little space for the topping. I left out almost half of the nuts and still the topping I had was too much. I have not even tried to get them out of the pan yet.

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Wow, these turned out great. I like shortbread, but my son didn't care for that part of it. Also, I drizzled semi-sweet chocolate on top instead of the dipping method Ina used; that seemed just a little too much for me. This does make an awful lot, but took to the community center and it went over great there. Also, it was a little expensive too make: 2 pounds of butter and 2 pounds of pecans can be be pricey, so I'll probably use this for special occasions from now on.

I didn't heed Ina's warning about the overspill and paid the price. It was a mess in the oven and will certainly be sure to put a liner down next time. Not sure if it can be avoided using a deeper pan or not, but simple enough to line the oven and turn on the vent hood in advance.

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Does anyone from food network really answer these questions?

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When I saw this show, I just had to try this recipe, but then when I looked at all of the negative comments I became a little scared. I am glad that I read through more than the first few pages. What a good recipe and heavy....delicious. I did have some problems with over spill, but I placed the aluminum foil on the bottom, which by the 25 minutes I was afraid my fire alarm would go off but it did not...I watched very closely. I will definitely make this again around Christmas time to give to friends in a basket. Very nice.

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When I saw this recipie I just had to have it .It made me and hubby hungry .Now i have it yeah!!..I love your cooking easy and simple like no other .YOU ROCK!!!