Pecan pie bars - aka my new healthyish, paleo-friendly, favorite dessert to make.
Whipped these up for Thanksgiving and I couldn’t be more excited to make these for every holiday! If you’re looking for a dessert to make, this was super easy!
I researched a few recipes and ended up doing my own thing. Recently I have been trying to figure out the science behind almond flour and how to sub it for anything, I think these turned out SO yummy with an almond flour crust.
Details...
Ingredients: Makes about 12 bars
Crust:
2 cups almond flour
1/3 cup melted butter
2 tbs and 1 tsp maple syrup or syrup of choice
Topping:
1/3 cup maple syrup/syrup of choice
1/4 cup and 1 tsp coconut oil or you can use butter
1 tbs vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 flax egg or real egg - 1 flax egg = 3 tbs warm water & 1 the flax
How to:
preheat oven to 350 degrees F
line or grease an 8x8 pan
mix all crust ingredients together, then press crust into pan
bake for 10 minutes, remove & set aside. Keep oven on
while crust bakes, mix maple syrup, coconut oil & vanilla extract together. In a small pan, bring the mixture to a boil & then immediately bring to a simmer for 4 minutes. Let the mixture settle in the fridge for 15 minutes.
chop pecans and toast them at 350 degrees F for 5 minutes (optional)
prepare flax egg & let sit for 3 minutes to settle
remove the mixture from the fridge, stir in flax egg. Then, stir in pecans
bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees F
let sit in the fridge for at least 1.5 hours before cutting and serving
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