Maple-Pecan Streusel Bars

Name: Maple-Pecan Streusel Bars
Yield: Makes 18 bars
Ingredients: 1 cup (8 oz/250 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for coating; 2 teaspoons maple extract; 2½ cups (12 ½ oz/390 g) all-purpose flour; Vanilla Glaze; 1½ cups (6 oz/185 g) pecans, finely chopped; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ½ cup (3 ½ oz/105 g) firmly packed light brown sugar; ½ cup (2 oz/60 g) confectioner’s sugar

Preparation info

Makes
18
bars

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Art of the Cookie

By Shelly Kaldunski

Published 2011

About

If you like cookies for breakfast, this is the recipe for you. These cinnamon-scented wedges taste like the top of a decadent coffee cake. The streusel couldn’t be simpler to prepare.

Ingredients

2½ cups (12 ½ oz/390 g) all-purpose flour
1

Dessert
Vegetarian
Breakfast

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter a 9-by-13-inch (23-by-33-cm) baking pan. Line with parchment paper, leaving a 1-inch (2.5-cm) overhang on the long sides.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, salt, and pecans. In a large bowl,