Pecan Pie Bars
rec.food.cooking/Elizabeth & Keith Falkner (1998)
Makes 50 bars

3 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tbsp butter, melted
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

CRUST:
Beat Flour, 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar and salt until mixture resembles crumbs. Heavily grease bottom and sides of 15x10-inch and at least 1 1/2-inch deep baking pan. Press mixture firmly into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

FILLING:
Blend eggs, corn syrup, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 tablespoons butter and vanilla. Stir in chopped pecans. Spread over hot crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until set. Cool, cut into bars. Refrigerate leftovers.