Maple Pecan Squares

Maple & Pecan are best friends. It always great together. The earlier post on Maple Walnut Squares which I did because I do not have pecan within reach so I decided to substitute it with walnut...well, this weekend I finally baked it with the suggested ingredients...pecan! It is so delicious and I wouldn't substitute it with walnut..ever again! We just can't separate or substitute our best friends, right? Even when there are times that we need to say farewell to our best friends...InsyaAllah...we will find a way to catch up, even for just for a little while... :)

 

Ingredients:

Crust

1 1/4 (200g) cup all purpose flour

1/3 (75g) firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 (125g) cup cold unsalted butter, chopped

Filling

6 tbsp (90 g) butter

1/3 cup (105 g) pure maple syrup

2/3 (155 g) firmly packed brown sugar

1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy /double cream

2 cups (250 g) coarsely chopped pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius and line a 9 inch square baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil. Let the foil extend up the sides of the pan. Spray the foil with vegetable oil.
2. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt, stir until blended. Fold in the butter and mix until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake the crust for 12-17 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
4. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine and stir together the butter, maple syrup and sugar until the butter melts and sugar dissolves.
5. Bring to a boil and continue to let it boil for 1 minutes.
6. Remove from the heat and stir in the cream. Fold in the nuts and pour the filling over the crust. Spread evenly.
7. Bake for 25 minutes or until the filling is set when you give the pan a gentle shake.
8. Let cool completely for about 1 1/2 hours before lifting up the liner from the baking pan.
9. Cut it into 25 small or 16 medium squares.