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Chocolate Dipped Caramel Pecan Bars Recipe

by alice on December 7, 2009 · 19 comments

pecanbars The Holiday Season is in full swing and this means Christmas baking is happening in kitchens everywhere.  My good friend Jennifer Perillo of “In Jennie’s Kitchen” is hosting “12 Days of Sharing” benefiting Share Our Strength – an organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America.   Several Bloggers (including myself) are sharing our favorite recipes for this great cause.  I decided to made chocolate dipped pecan bars (adapted from this older post) for my contribution to “12 Days of Sharing”. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! [click to continue…]

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Bacon Salted Caramel Pecan Bars Recipe

by alice on September 8, 2009 · 44 comments

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Sometimes I need a little help from my friends for inspiration. Not to long ago I was an admirer of Food Blogger, Ashley Rodriguez. Now we are good friends who share the same passion for food, motherhood, and life. She’s indirectly responsible for this post. You see, back in July I met Ashley for the first time at Shauna a.k.a. Gluten-Free Girl’s Pork Potluck. Ashley brought these amazing bacon caramels which at times have haunted me at night thinking about them – they are that good! So when I decided to make/bake caramel pecan bars, Ashley’s bacon caramels inspired me to add bacon to them. Some of you right now are asking yourself why the heck I would add bacon to pecan bars.. and my response is, why the heck wouldn’t I? And if you really cannot live with the idea of adding bacon to baked goods, just omit them.  But just in case you haven’t heard, “Bacon is the New Black”.  You cannot escape bacon, its everywhere and in everything! [click to continue…]

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How To Toast Pecans

by alice on September 6, 2009 · 6 comments

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As summer is coming to a close, holiday baking is approaching. Today I was making salted caramel pecan bars when I realized I wanted to toast my pecans first. What I like about toasting nuts is how aromatic they are as well as the added crunchiness when they are baked. Although you could easily toast pecans/nuts by themselves, when coated with a little bit of salted butter then baked, the pecans go from ordinary to extraordinary. [click to continue…]

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