Carter Family Recipes

  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 1½ cups light corn syrup
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; melted
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla
  • 2½ cup pecan pieces
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl beat flour, 1 cup butter, ½ cup sugar and salt until mixture resembles crumbs.
  3. Heavily grease bottom and sides of 15-inch-by-10-inch baking pan at least 1½ inches deep. Press mixture firmly into pan.
  4. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
  5. In another bowl blend eggs, corn syrup, 1½ cups sugar, 3 tablespoons butter and vanilla. Stir in chopped pecans. Spread over hot crust.
  6. Continue baking for 25 minutes or until set. Cool, cut into bars.
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