Pecan Squares

From the Silver Palette

Crust
2/3 cup of powdered sugar
2 cups of flour
½ pound (2 sticks) butter

preheat oven to 350. grease 9X12 baking pan.
sift sugar and flour together. Cut in butter using a pastry blender until fine crumbs form. Pat crumbs into bottom of pan to form crust.

Bake 20 minutes

Topping
2/3 cup of melted sweet butter
½ cup of honey
½ cup of brown sugar
3 T heavy cream
3 ½ cups of pecans coarsely chopped
Mix melted butter, honey, cream and brown sugar together on stove over low heat. Stir in pecans, coating them thoroughly
Spread over Crust
Return to oven and bake for 25 min. more.

Cool completely before cutting into squares