Carter Family Recipes

  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup brown sugar; firmly packed
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup maple syrup
  • ⅔ cups (⅓ maple ⅓ brown) sugar
  • 2 eggs (beaten)
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, ¼ cup sugar and butter. With fork, mix until consistency of fine corn meal. Press mix into greased 9-inch-by-13-inch pan.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
  4. Combine ⅔ cups sugar and syrup in small saucepan. Simmer 5 minutes.
  5. Pour over beaten eggs, stirring constantly. Stir in flour, salt and vanilla.
  6. Pour mix over baked crust. Sprinkle with nuts.
  7. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
  8. Cool in pan and cut in bars.
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