Pecan Diamonds Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Pecan Diamonds
Add your photo!
Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
2105
Calories
Total time
90
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp shortening
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar

Directions:

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

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2104.7 Kcal (8812 kJ)
Calories from fat 1563.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 173.73g 267%
Cholesterol 144.63mg 48%
Sodium 966.27mg 40%
Potassium 887.55mg 19%
Total Carbs 139.55g 47%
Sugars 85.39g 342%
Dietary Fiber 18.34g 73%
Protein 22.19g 44%
Vitamin C 1.9mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 17%
Iron 7.8mg 43%
Calcium 302mg 30%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 564.45 Kcal (2363 kJ)
Calories from fat 419.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 46.59g 267%
Cholesterol 38.79mg 48%
Sodium 259.14mg 40%
Potassium 238.03mg 19%
Total Carbs 37.42g 47%
Sugars 22.9g 342%
Dietary Fiber 4.92g 73%
Protein 5.95g 44%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 17%
Iron 2.1mg 43%
Calcium 81mg 30%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 55.8
    Points
  • 60
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top