Pecan Maple Cream Cheese Squares

Description

A recipe from coup de pouce.

Ingredients

• Butter
• Brown Sugar
• Vanilla
• Flour
• Pecans
• Cream Cheese
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Half-and-half Cream
• Maple Syrup

Instructions

1. Crust: in a bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy
2. Add brown sugar and vanilla and beat until the mixture is light
3. Add flour and beat at low speed until grainy, but do not beat too much
4. Incorporate pecans with a spoon
5. Press the dough uniformly in a pan of 13 x 9 inches
6. Cook in a preheated oven of 325f for 12 minutes or until the crust is lightly golden
7. Remove from oven and put the pan on a rack to let cool
8. Filling: in a large bowl, with an electric mixer, mix cream cheese, sugar and flour
9. Add eggs and beat at low speed until homogeneous
10. Incorporate, with a spoon : the cream, maple syrup and chopped pecans
11. Pour filling on the cold crust
12. Cook in the preheated oven of 325f 35 to 40 minutes or until center of the filling is set
13. Remove from oven and put on rack
14. Let cool 1 hour
15. Cover with plastic wrap and put in fridge at least 4 hours or until filling is cold
16. Unmold delicately and cut in squares
17. Garnish each square with a candied pecan
18. Candied pecans: in a large skillet with a thick bottom, mix delicately all ingredients
19. Cook at medium-high heat, shaking the skillet from time to time, until sugar begins to melt
20. Reduce at low heat and keep cooking, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until sugar is golden
21. Remove from the heat and spread the pecans on a baking sheet with greased foil
22. Let cool completely at room temperature
23. Break in indivudual pecan