Ingredients
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 4 eggs
- 1 (1 pound) box light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13 by 9-inch pan with vegetable oil cooking spray and dust with flour.
In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with a whisk. Stir in the brown sugar until smooth. Pour into the top of a double boiler. Cook the mixture over simmering water for 20 minutes, stirring constantly, until it reaches 180 degrees F. Let cool for 5 minutes.
Sift the 1 1/2 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add pecans to flour mixture. Stir into the cooked mixture. Add vanilla and stir until combined. (The batter will be thin.) Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place the pan in the oven. Bake for 25 minutes.
Allow to cool completely in the pan before cutting into pieces. Store in an airtight tin in the refrigerator.
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By afsbus_11782869
Glenview, IL
on June 23, 2011
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I don't see why everyone had so many problems with this. I had no trouble at all getting the egg/sugar mixture to 180 degrees. ( I did watch the show and she DID say 240 on the show. So reading this, I knew 180 was my target number. It took about 10 minutes. I boiled the water and then put the bowl on top and I wonder if others are doing this. These turned out perfect. They are still warm and taste pretty good. But I think they could use something. Not sure yet what. I liked the idea of adding chocolate chips. Some butterscotch chips might be good or some caramel topping.
By peaches521
on June 11, 2011
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Outstanding! I make these every year during Christmas!
By mayflowerbobbev...
Oceanside,, 43
on August 26, 2010
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I have not made this recipe, but noticed the comments about lack of flavor and dryness by some critics. I am a Home Economist and former cooking teacher, and when I checked the ingredients, I immediately noticed there is no fat in these cookies. Most, but not all cookies, need some fat for moisture and flavor.
I checked my old Butterscotch Brownie recipe (Blondies and the ingredients are identical to Paula's except mine has 1 stick butter (1/4 lb. and 2 lg. eggs instead of 4. The method for my recipe is different: Melt the butter over low heat in a large, heavy saucepan, remove and stir in the brown sugar until combined. Cool, then whisk 2 eggs and add to this mixture. Add chpd pecans to the dry ingredients then add this to the butter mixture. Combine and pour into a well-greased and floured true 9 x 9 inch pan, bake 350, 25 to 30 minutes.
NOTE: The long cooking of the eggs with sugar may intensify the flavor. If using Paula's method, try adding cut up butter at the end of the d. b. cooking time
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