Nutty Maple Bars

Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 30 min
Ready Time: 75 min
Yield: 24 Bars

Ingredients

CRUST

Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1/3 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into pieces
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon milk

FILLING

1/3 cup Hungry Jack® Butter Flavored Syrup
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation Directions

HEAT oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with foil. Spray with no-stick cooking spray.
COMBINE flour, sugar and salt in a food processor. Blend. Add butter. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Combine egg yolk and milk in a small bowl. Drizzle into processor. Process using on/off turns just until dough clumps together but is still dry. Press into prepared pan.
BAKE 25 minutes or until crust is set and pale golden. Place on rack while making filling.
COMBINE syrup, cream and butter in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in nuts. Pour filling over crust, spreading nuts evenly.
BAKE 8 minutes or until filling bubbles. Place pan on rack and cool completely. Lift foil-lined bars out of pan. Cut into bars.
TIP Store cookies between sheets of wax paper in airtight container at room temperature.

Nutritional Information Per Serving

Serving Size (1/24 1 bar), Calories 110 (Calories from Fat 70), Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 3.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 20mg, Sodium 0mg, Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 6g), Protein 1g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 2%.

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.