These Pecan Pie Cookie Bars are gluten free and taste like a sugar cookie combined with pecan pie….perfect for a holiday treat!
This post in sponsored by NOW Foods. Free product and compensation was provide, however all opinions are my own.
I love a good cookie during the Holidays. I actually prefer cookies over pie this time of year, just like Santa.
Some of my favorites are these molasses ones, these thumbprint cookies or even a good sugar cookie.
Pecan pie is a family favorite so I thought I’d turn it into a cookie bar instead. These were a hit! The crust tastes like a yummy sugar cookie and the pecan top reminds you of pecan pie without the corn syrup! You’ll still need some butter for these, but it’s worth it to get that tender, yummy, buttery flavor.
I used beet sugar in these cookie bars, a refined extract of sugar beets, from NOW Foods which is a new to me ingredient.
Honestly, it tastes and acts JUST like cane sugar but knowing it comes from beets makes me feel a little better. I also used a little of NOW Foods pure maple syrup in the pecan topping.
These aren’t meant to be a low sugar dessert, although I did use less than I typically would for a pecan pie.
Since beets have a high sucrose content, they used as an ideal substitute for cane sugar. NOW Foods beet sugar is pure and natural with no added ingredients. It has the same sugar content as can sugar so can be an equal replacement.
Cookies and treats this time of year are to be expected. By choosing your favorites to enjoy in moderation, instead of eating every sweet that crosses your path, you can maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle through the holidays.
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GIVEAWAY
My friends at NOW Foods are giving away some of this beet sugar for you to try along with a few of the other ingredients used in these bars: whole pecans, maple syrup and gluten free all-purpose flour mix. We are also throwing in one of my new favorite products from NOW as well, BioCell Collagen supplements have been a part of my new daily routine.
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- For the crust:
- ½ cup almond flour
- ½ cup gluten free all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup beet sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 tablespoons cold butter, diced
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- For the filling:
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup beet sugar
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon gluten free all-purpose flour
- 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 8x8 baking dish with foil coated in cooking spray.
- Using a food processor add almond flour, gluten free baking flour, beet sugar, vanilla and diced cold butter. Process until crumbly. Add 1 tablespoon of water and process until dough comes together. Quickly transfer dough to a prepared baking dish. press dough down until it is evenly spread in the pan. Bake crust for 17-18 minutes.
- In a mixing bowl combine egg, butter, beet sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and chopped pecans. Pour over crust and bake for 15 more minutes. Let cool for at least an hour before cutting into bars. Store leftovers in the fridge.
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Ok, these sound crazy delicious! I love pecan pie so pecan pie cookie bars would be perfect for me!! Yum!! Trying these!
These look DIVINE! I think cookie bars are my all time favorite dessert. You could NOT go wrong with this mix of ingredients. Just saved to my Pinterest to try!
The cookies look delicious. Definitely will be trying these
Love how these are so much lower in sugar than your traditional pecan pie bars! 🙂
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Omg that looks like heaven! My in-laws would love it, they eat so much pecans 😊thanks for sharing
Yum, yum, yum. I’ll take a whole batch of these. I love that your used a natural syrup instead of corn syrup.
Ooh these look so yummy ! I definitely need to try these
Kasey Ma
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I’ve never heard of beet sugar. I’m intrigued! These look amazing,
How pretty and perfect are these?! I really need to buy beet sugar and start using this sugar more often. I use to use it for my tea.
These look really great! And even better that you were able to use healthy ingredients! Yum!
This looks so yummy and way easier than a pie!
Thank you for this recipe! I cant wait to make it for the holidays! Love all the ingredient as well.
Can I use coconut oil instead of butter?”
They have that buttery sugar cookie flavor in the base so I think coconut oil would be different, but could work. I am sorry, I just can’t say for certain without trying it first.
Ok I am totally saving this to make for my husband, he loooooves pecan pie so I think these would be perfect for him! xo, Brittany Nicole | http://www.theblistblog.com