Pecan And Honey Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, diced, plus a little extra to grease
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon zest, finely grated
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons whipping cream
• 2 cups pecans

Recipe

• 1 lightly grease a 14x11-inch swiss-roll tin.
• 2 sift flour and salt into a bowl, stir in sugar, then rub in butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. blend egg and lemon zest. press mixture into tin and prick pastry all over with a fork. chill for 10 minutes.
• 3 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 4 bake pastry for 15 minutes, then remove from oven, leaving oven on.
• 5 heat butter, honey and sugars in a saucepan until melted, then bring to a boil without stirring for 2 minutes. remove saucepan from heat and stir in cream and nuts. pour over base, return tin to oven and bake for 25 minutes. cool in tin.
• 6 run a knife around pastry edge, invert on to a baking tray, place another tray on top and invert again. cut into squares.