Pecan Squares

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It was easy to get egg and sugar mixture to 180 degrees and all came together beautifully. Great flavor and texture. Will save this recipe for years to come.

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Saw the re-run on 12/19/08 and made these right afterwards. Like someone else said, she SAID "20 mins or 240 degrees". I was boiling the devil out of the water and never could exceed 190. I'm sure I cooked it over 30 minutes.
Gave up and went on. They came out of oven looking light, but during the cooling process, the top became flaky like a brownie. Very good, chewy cookie bar. Next-door neighbor is a marvelous cook and she wanted my recipe! Must've been really good.

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I just made these Pecan Squares and they are not bad. Not as sweet as I thought they would turn out, but that is a good thing to me. To give someone and idea, to me, they kind of taste like blondies (the lighter version of brownies with pecans.

The DB temp thing threw me too as I did not know how you could get anything in a DB above 212 degrees. I did get my eggs/brown sugar mixture up to 200 degrees though.

It is a quick and easy recipe. I followed it to the letter as it is on foodtv.com, not how Paula made it on the show and I think they came out very good.

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i think it is a very good recipe.

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It had a strong vanilla flavor.But aother than that is was good.

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they are so gooood! i couldnt believe it was that easy to make and how good they came out!

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Despite all the bad reviews I decided to try this pecan squares recipe since they looked so good in the presentation. The recipe was followed to the "T" and still did not come out. I am finding that a lot of her recipes fail miserably. I AM an experienced southern cook and know what southern food is supposed to taste like, and most that I have tried, simply do not make the grade.

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Having read other reviews and seeing some of the problems that were encountered, I decided to make half the recipe. It turned out very well and hopefully, I have found some solutions to the problems! First, the temperature for the eggs and sugar was stated on the show, which I watched, as 240 deg and the temp as written in the online recipe is 180 deg. Since boiling is 212 deg. I think Paula mis-stated and 180 seems more reasonable. I don't have a candy thermometer so I just eyeballed it and when the mixture appeared to be thickening I took it off the heat to cool a bit. This process took approximately 20 minutes even though the recipe was halved. This brings me to the next issue of it taking too long to come up to temp. I think if you stir very gently and very slowly (just enough to keep it from sticking to the sides of the DB, it should come to desired temp in the stated time in the recipe. I hope this is helpful to those who want to continue making these very good pecan squares!

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No problem whatsoever with the directions. I did get the temp up to 200 degrees. Added a little extra vanilla and it was fantastic. Chewy and cakelike. I can't get my brownies to do this! They have a nice light flavor, nothing overwhelming. Easy and tasty as pie!

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I am not sure why folks couldn't reach the 180 degrees, and it did take longer than 20 minutes, but it was still delicious. The reaction from out children and friends made it worth the extra few minutes.