Comments on: pecan squares http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charlotte http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-1407747 Charlotte Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:39:21 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-1407747 Deb, I love pecan pie so this sounds good to me. A note on the oven mess - I've done this a few times myself and here is the best cleaning method: In a cool oven: sprinkle baking soda on the mess. Add a little water to create a paste. Make sure the entire area is covered by the baking soda paste. Leave for one hour. Clean off the paste and the mess will be completely adhered to the baking soda and your oven surface will even be shiny. -Charlotte Deb,

I love pecan pie so this sounds good to me. A note on the oven mess – I’ve done this a few times myself and here is the best cleaning method:

In a cool oven: sprinkle baking soda on the mess. Add a little water to create a paste. Make sure the entire area is covered by the baking soda paste. Leave for one hour. Clean off the paste and the mess will be completely adhered to the baking soda and your oven surface will even be shiny.

-Charlotte

]]> By: Veronika http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-938084 Veronika Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:01:54 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-938084 For the love of god and little green apples!!! Those look amazing and they will go great for the cooling weather now. I would love to make a version of these, but I have a question to pose - my boyfriend is deathly allergic to pecans, but can handle almonds and coconut. Do you think something like this would work well with chopped almonds, or will these be too hard/dry or some such for this use? All the best, and as this is my first comment, I'd just like to say - amazing site, I've got so many of your recipes bookmarked, it's not even funny! For the love of god and little green apples!!! Those look amazing and they will go great for the cooling weather now.

I would love to make a version of these, but I have a question to pose – my boyfriend is deathly allergic to pecans, but can handle almonds and coconut. Do you think something like this would work well with chopped almonds, or will these be too hard/dry or some such for this use?

All the best, and as this is my first comment, I’d just like to say – amazing site, I’ve got so many of your recipes bookmarked, it’s not even funny!

]]> By: Gini http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-900848 Gini Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:18:18 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-900848 The only way I can think of to improve this recipe is to decrease the pecans by 8 oz. and substitute 8 oz. of crumbled bacon. Probably going to be made for Thanksgiving. The only way I can think of to improve this recipe is to decrease the pecans by 8 oz. and substitute 8 oz. of crumbled bacon. Probably going to be made for Thanksgiving.

]]> By: montanamomof4 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-596004 montanamomof4 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:07:37 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-596004 I made these last thanksgiving from Ina's cookbook not knowing you blogged them. I thought the shortbread was a little thick. Your shortbread would be killer as a substitute! I made these last thanksgiving from Ina’s cookbook not knowing you blogged them. I thought the shortbread was a little thick. Your shortbread would be killer as a substitute!

]]> By: Melissa http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-485698 Melissa Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:26:42 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-485698 Hi There, After making these 3 times I have decided to share how I mixed it up... Macadamias, cashews, almonds and pecans add up to the 2 Lbs of nuts I omit the orange zest and regular honey and instead use this local all natural orange chocolate honey, and I bake the mix into tarts with pie crust instead of the shortbread...YUM and it freezes nicely. Hi There,
After making these 3 times I have decided to share how I mixed it up… Macadamias, cashews, almonds and pecans add up to the 2 Lbs of nuts I omit the orange zest and regular honey and instead use this local all natural orange chocolate honey, and I bake the mix into tarts with pie crust instead of the shortbread…YUM and it freezes nicely.

]]> By: Stephony http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-464570 Stephony Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:01:55 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-464570 Just a quick note...I agree that's a lot of butter. A friend just made these (1/2 batch) and cut them about 2x2 or so. She served them with ice cream and caramel syrup...Just in case the butter wasn't enough to kill us!! Absolutely delicious, though. Portion control is a MUST with these goodies! Just a quick note…I agree that’s a lot of butter. A friend just made these (1/2 batch) and cut them about 2×2 or so. She served them with ice cream and caramel syrup…Just in case the butter wasn’t enough to kill us!! Absolutely delicious, though. Portion control is a MUST with these goodies!

]]> By: Chloe http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-413095 Chloe Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:13:27 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-413095 I made these lastnight and they were absolutely disastrous. Since I knew I couldn't afford enough pecans to make a full batch, I cut the recipe down to 1/4 of what it once was. I used a 10" round pie pan and baked it for 25 minutes to begin with; too liquidy. Five more minutes; still too liquidy! At around the 40-minute mark, they were STILL not set, but beginning to burn around the edges, so I gave up, took them out of the oven and froze them for about an hour. They firmed up in the freezer into something like crunchy toffee with nuts in it (I was hoping for gooey pecan pie-like filling). The shortbread was burnt and so was the filling at the edges, but the squares in the middle were delicious after about 30 seconds in the microwave. I did find the shortbread a bit dull-tasting; I think I'd use another recipe for the crust in the future, if I can ever afford to make these again. I made these lastnight and they were absolutely disastrous. Since I knew I couldn’t afford enough pecans to make a full batch, I cut the recipe down to 1/4 of what it once was. I used a 10″ round pie pan and baked it for 25 minutes to begin with; too liquidy. Five more minutes; still too liquidy! At around the 40-minute mark, they were STILL not set, but beginning to burn around the edges, so I gave up, took them out of the oven and froze them for about an hour. They firmed up in the freezer into something like crunchy toffee with nuts in it (I was hoping for gooey pecan pie-like filling). The shortbread was burnt and so was the filling at the edges, but the squares in the middle were delicious after about 30 seconds in the microwave. I did find the shortbread a bit dull-tasting; I think I’d use another recipe for the crust in the future, if I can ever afford to make these again.

]]> By: Kate http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-384817 Kate Mon, 24 May 2010 17:23:12 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-384817 We actually made something very much like these at the bakery I worked at in Philadelphia! Instead of all the zest, we'd use a mix of spices (ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon)... We would put them into a half-sheet pan, then put that pan on a full sheet pan lined with parchment. We'd then eat the bubbled-over spiced honey caramel from the bottom pan until we got sick! They're awesome warm with a bit of ice cream... :) We actually made something very much like these at the bakery I worked at in Philadelphia! Instead of all the zest, we’d use a mix of spices (ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon)… We would put them into a half-sheet pan, then put that pan on a full sheet pan lined with parchment. We’d then eat the bubbled-over spiced honey caramel from the bottom pan until we got sick! They’re awesome warm with a bit of ice cream… :)

]]> By: Doreen http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-369669 Doreen Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:42:24 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-369669 Can someone halve the recipe for me please? Thanks! Can someone halve the recipe for me please?

Thanks!

]]> By: ellissajane http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter/#comment-367704 ellissajane Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:29:45 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/aww-yeah-1017-grams-of-butter#comment-367704 oh hey, i just watched this episode. 9 sticks of butter. oooohhh ina. oh hey, i just watched this episode. 9 sticks of butter. oooohhh ina.

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