Pecan Squares

This is an easy recipe and everyone will want a copy. I found this in a old Taste of Home book.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 20
• Yields: 20 bars

Ingredients

• CRUST

• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  cup butter
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• FILLING

• 4  eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1⁄2 cups light corn syrup or 1 1⁄2 cups dark corn syrup
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups  chopped pecans

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, blend together flour, sugar, butter and salt until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Press firmly and evenly into a greased 9 x 13-in baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in another bowl, combine first five filling ingredients. Stir in pecans. Spread evenly over hot crust.
4. Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.