Chewy Pecan Diamonds Recipes

CHEWY CARAMEL PECAN DIAMONDS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang on all sides; butter foil.
• In a food processor, blend the flour confectioner's sugar, cornstarch and salt for a couple of seconds.
• Add in 3/4 cup COld butter (cut into chunks); process until mixture begins to clump together.
• Press the dough evenly onto the bottom of the foil-lined baking pan.
• Bake until light and golden, about 25 minutes (don't overbake).
• Remove from oven; let stand while preparing the topping.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• FOR TOPPING: stir the brown sugar, corn syrup, and 1/4 cup butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, until the sugar dissolves, and the mixture boils; boil for 1 minute.
• Add in the pecans and the whipping cream; boil until the mixture thickens slightly (about 3 minutes).
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour over the warm baked crust.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until the topping is darker, and bubbles thickly.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack; cool completely in the pan (topping will harden).
• In a double boiler, melt the caramels with 2-3 tsp whipping cream.
• Drizzle over the top of the cooked nut topping; cool.
• Lift foil out of the pan onto a cutting board.
• Using a heavy, sharp knife, cut the crust with nut topping into 1-1/2 x 1-inch diamonds.
• These keep for up to 1 week.

CHEWY PECAN DIAMONDS

Steps:

• for crust: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, leaving 1-inch overhang on all sides.
• Butter foil.
• Blend flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch and salt in processor.
• Add butter and process until mixture begins to clump together.
• Press dough evenly onto bottom of foil-lined pan.
• Bake crust until set and light golden, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Let stand while preparing topping.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• for topping: Stir brown sugar, corn syrup and butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves and mixture boils; boil 1 minute.
• Add pecans and cream; boil until mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour hot topping over warm crust.
• Bake nut-topped crust until caramel is darker and bubbles thickly, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer pan to rack.
• Cool completely in pan (topping will harden).
• Lift foil out of pan onto cutting board.
• Using heavy sharp knife, cut crust with nut topping into 1 1/2x1-inch diamonds.
• (Can be made 1 week ahead. Store between sheets of waxed paper in airtight container at room temperature.) Makes about 32.

PECAN DIAMONDS RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Adjust rack to lower third of oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees F. DOUGH: Put the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor bowl. Process just to blend the ingredients. Add the butter pieces all at once, and process with on/off bursts until the mixture has the consistency of cornmeal. Whisk the egg and vanilla together in a small bowl. With the motor on, pour the egg mixture down the feed tube. Process just until the ingredients form a ball. Divide the dough into eight pieces and scatter them over an ungreased 10x15x1" cool baking pan. With floured fingertips, pat the dough to extend the portions to cover the pan as evenly as possible. Bake for 10 minutes. don't allow the dough to color. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degree F. TOPPING: Combine the butter, honey, and sugars in a heavy-bottomed 1 1/2 qt saucepan. Heat over med-low heat until butter melts; then raise heat to medium and bring the mixture to boil. Without stirring, allow mixture to boil only 1 minute. Turn off heat, stir in the cream, nuts, and zest. Pour over bottom crust; return crust to oven. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the topping is an amber color. Topping will bubble toward the end of baking. Place on a wire rack to cool to allow the topping to firm before cutting. Using a ruler as a guide and small paring knife, make marks at 2" intervals on the long sides. Cut along the diagonals to form diamond-shaped bars. After cutting, cover baking pan with aluminum foil and store up to 4 days at room temperature. Seal the foil around the rim of the pan without letting the foil touch and disrupt the topping's glossy surface.

PECAN DIAMONDS

Steps:

• For the crust:.
• Combine flour, baking powder& salt, set aside.
• Cream butter,sugar and shortening until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla and beat until well combined.
• Add dry ingredients, stirring until dough forms a ball.
• Wrap dough and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Between 2 sheets of waxed paper roll the dough into a 15x10 inch rectangle 1/8 inch thick.
• Remove top sheet of waxed paper and invert onto a 15x10 inch jelly roll pan.
• Remove remaining wax paper and if necessary, patch the dough.
• Prick the dough liberally with a fork to prevent shrinkage during baking, and bake 10 minutes (DO NOT BROWN).
• Cool completely and reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• For the Filling:.
• In a large saucepan combine butter, honey,and both sugars and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Stir in nuts and mix thoroughly.
• Stir in cream and mix thoroughly.
• Set cooled partially baked crust into a pan of the same size (this is necessary to prevent burning of the crust while topping caramelizes).
• CAREFULLY spread pecan mixture over partially baked crust (mixture will be extremely hot and can severly burn you).
• Bake 35 minutes in 350F oven.
• Cool completely in pans on wire rack.
• Once cool cut crosswise into 1 1/2 inch stips, then cut diagonally at 2 inch intervals to form diamonds.
• **It is recommended that you do not use dark coated baking pans for this recipe.
• If you must, shorten baking time by at least 10 minutes.

PECAN DIAMONDS WITH SHORTBREAD CRUST

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Line the bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang on all sides, then butter the foil.
• For the crust: in a food processor blend flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch and salt; process for a couple of seconds.
• Add in cold butter and process until the mixture begins to come together.
• Lightly press the mixture onto the bottom of prepared baking dish that has been lined with a foil overhang.
• Bake the crust for about 25 minutes, or until lightly golden (if you are not using the foil, then bake a little less time, watch closely not to overbake the crust!).
• Remove and let sit at room temperature while preparing the topping.
• Reduce oven to 325 degrees.
• To make the topping: In a heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stir the brown sugar, corn syrup and butter until the sugar dissolves and the mixture boils (about 1 minute).
• Add in chopped pecans and whipping cream; boil until the mixture thickens (about 3 minutes).
• Add in vanilla.
• Pour the hot topping over the warm crust.
• Return to oven and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the caramel is darker and is bubbling thickly.
• Cool COMPLETELY in the pan (the topping will harden upon sitting).
• Using the foil overhang, lift out of the pan onto a cutting board.
• Using a sharp knife cut into 1 x 1-inch diamonds or to desired size.

PECAN DIAMONDS

Steps:

• To prepare the dough, put the butter, sugar, shortening, egg yolks and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl and beat to blend well.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and fold this into the butter mixture. Shape into a soft ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• Be advised that the pastry in this recipe may crack or fall slightly apart when it is transferred to a baking dish. If it does, it may be patched with the fingers.
• Have ready a rimmed baking dish measuring about 8 by 12 inches. Remove the ball of dough from the refrigerator and let it stand to soften briefly, about 10 to 15 minutes. Shape the dough by hand into a rectangle measuring about 4 by 8 inches.
• Lay out a length of clear plastic wrap on a flat baking sheet and place the dough in the center. Cover with a second length of clear plastic wrap and roll the dough out into a rectangle measuring about 8 by 12 inches. Remove the top layer of plastic wrap. Invert the baking dish over the dough and quickly turn both the baking dish and the dough, letting the dough fall into the dish to cover the bottom of it. If the dough breaks or falls apart, it may be patched with the fingers with bits of dough.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Prick the dough all over with the tines of a fork.
• Bake the dough for 10 minutes. Let it cool while you prepare the filling. Let the heat in the oven remain constant at 350 degrees.
• To prepare the filling, combine the butter, honey, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Cook, stirring, exactly three minutes.
• Remove from the heat and let cool. Fold in the pecans and stir in the cream. Blend well and immediately pour onto the baked crust. Spread evenly over the crust. It is advisable to cover the bottom of the oven with aluminum foil to catch any drippings. Place in the oven and bake 35 minutes. Let cool completely. Run a knife around the outside edge of the candy. It may be unmolded. Cut the candy into diamond shapes.

PECAN DIAMONDS

Steps:

• For Crust:.
• Using pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add water and toss lightly with fork.
• Gather dough into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Butter and flour 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to about 10x14-inch rectangle.
• Fit into prepared pan; dough will come about halfway up sides.
• Pierce dough with fork and chill.
• For Filling:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Bring brown sugar, butter, honey and sugar to boil in medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Boil until thick and dark, stirring constantly, about 4 minutes; remove from heat and stir in pecans then blend in cream.
• Pour over dough in pan and bake until edges of crust are golden, about 25 minutes.
• Cool completely then cut lengthwise into 1-inch strips.
• Cut diagonally into 1-inch strips to create diamonds.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar if desired; serve at room temperature,.