Pecan Pie Surprise Bars (Pillsbury Bake-Off Winner)

Submitted by DuChick

"This is the 1971 winner of the Pillsbury Bake-Off. It was created by Pearl Hall of Washington. It's described as "delicious as pecan pie" only easier to make and much more portable to eat in bar form."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• Base

• 1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix or (18 ounce) package butter recipe cake mix
• 1⁄3 cup margarine or 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg

• Filling

• 1⁄2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups dark corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup chopped pecans

directions

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. Grease 13 x 9 inch pan.
3. Reserve 2/3 cup of the dry cake mix for filling.
4. In a large bowl, combine remaining dry cake mix, margarine and 1 egg at low speed until well blended.
5. Press in bottom of greased pan.
6. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown.
7. In large bowl, combine reserved 2/3 cup dry cake mix, brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and 3 eggs at low speed until moistened.
8. Beat 1 minute at medium speed or until well blended.
9. Pour filling mixture over warm base; sprinkle with pecans.
10. Bake an additional 30-35 minutes or until filling is set.
11. Cool completely.
12. Cut into 36 bars.
13. Store in refrigerator.

Reviews

[Charmin228]

These are great. My husband loves these.

 

[ConnieN]

These tasted good, but they were a gooey, sticky mess to cut and plate. I let the individual pieces sit overnight on parchment paper because they were sticking to the platter and the next day I was able to plate them up. They were better a couple of days after they were made. I cooked for 15/35 minutes and used 2 cups pecans.

 

[Sodak1951]

Made these as one of my new Christmas treats--made exactly as written. Have already had 2 requests for the recipe and another batch. These are fabulous.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Used the yellow cake mix, unsalted butter & toasted pecans when making this recipe & had A VERY NICE TASTE TREAT! Thanks for a great keeper of a rercipe ~ Will definitely be making these again! [Tagged, made & reviewed as part of my And the Winner Is theme in My-3-Chefs]