old-fashioned butterscotch bars

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Recipe by
Daune (pronounced "Dawn") Browne
Calais, ME

This recipe was in a Family Circle magazine back in 2009 and was from Margaret Grubb, North Charleston, SC. It's a keeper.

(1 rating)
yield 24 bars
prep time 15 Min
cook time 25 Min

Ingredients For old-fashioned butterscotch bars

  • 1/2 c
    butter
  • 1/3/4 c
    light brown sugar
  • 2
    eggs
  • 2 c
    self-rising flour
  • 1 tsp
    rum extract (calls for butter rum extract)
  • 1 c
    chopped pecans
  • confectoners sugar for dusting

How To Make old-fashioned butterscotch bars

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13X9X2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
  • 2
    Melt butter in medium-sized saucepan. Remove pan from heat and add sugar, eggs and flour to saucepan and mix until well blended. Stir in extract and pecans.
  • 3
    Pour into prepared baking dish and bake for about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  • 4
    Cool completely and dust with confectioners sugar. Cut into 24 squares and serve.

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