Grannie's Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Bars
Recipe from Family Circle

These decadent dessert bars make a yummy any-occasion snack. Keep this recipe in mind the next time you want to thank a friend with a special food gift.


Grannie's Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Bars

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Servings: 24 bars
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Related Categories: Christmas Cookies, Christmas Party, Cookies, Cookies, Dessert Bars
 
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Ingredients
  • 1/2  cup (1 stick)
    unsalted butter
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  • 1- 3/4  cups
    packed light-brown sugar
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  • 2 
    eggs
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  • 2  cups
    self-rising flour
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  • 1  teaspoon
    butter rum extract
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  • 1  cup
    chopped pecans
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    Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
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Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13x9 x2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
2.
Melt butter in a medium-size saucepan. Add sugar, eggs and flour to saucepan and mix until well blended. Stir in butter rum extract and pecans.
3.
Pour into prepared baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
4.
Cool completely on a wire rack and dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into 24 squares and serve.
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