Carter Family Recipes
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour; unsifted
  • ¾ cups brown sugar; firmly packed
  • 1 egg; beaten
  • ¾ cups unsalted butter; cold
  • ¾ cups pecan pieces
  • 24 caramels
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar and egg; cut in ½ cup margarine until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Reserve 2 cups of crumb mix. Press remainder of crumb mix on bottom of greased 9-inch-by-13 pan.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, in heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt caramels with sweetened milk and remaining ¼ cup butter. Pour over prepared crust. Top with reserved crumb mix.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes or until bubbly. Cool.
  6. Cut into bars. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
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