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