Nellie’s Special

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living- Nellie Beaty, Joplin, Missouri

Categories: Cookie Bars- brownies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 cup pecan or walnut meats, finely chopped
  • dash of cloves
  • 2 Tbsp. cornstarch, rounded
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 lb. margarine
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • dash of nutmeg
  • Syrup:
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3Tbsp. honey

Directions

  1. Mix together flour, cornstarch, salt, water and oil. Roll half on floured board as thin as possible. Put in 9 × 9-inch pan.
  2. Mix margarine, nut meats, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in separate bowl. Put mixture over thin crust.
  3. Roll out other half of crust and place on top.
  4. Mix together syrup ingredients. heat syrup to boiling and pour over top crust.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until syrup is thick. It will thicken as it cools. Cut into squares.

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