Pecan Chewies - Southern Pecan Cookie Bars

Pecan Chewies are a traditional southern cookie bar filled with butter, brown sugar and pecans. These cookie bars are chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside. 
Today I want to share a yummy cookie bar recipe with y'all! Maybe you have seen them or maybe you haven't. All I can say is you've got to make them. I found these Pecan Chewies a couple months back on Southern Bite. Then they popped up again on another blog with great reviews from both, so I knew I had to bake them. 

These Pecan Chewies are sort of a cross between a Butterscotch cookie bar and a shortbread cookie, but filled with pecans! The edges are crispy and the middle is soft and chewy just like the name. I can bet that you probably have all the ingredients right in your pantry. 

I have already made these cookies twice since posting this recipe, because they are that good. I plan on baking up another batch to take up to our families next week for  the Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you'll give this recipe a try. 




Yield: 10
Author: Tina Butler | Mommy's Kitchen
Pecan Chewies - Southern Pecan Cookie Bars

Pecan Chewies - Southern Pecan Cookie Bars

Pecan Chewies are a traditional southern cookie bar filled with butter, brown sugar and pecans. These cookie bars are chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 45 MinTotal time: 1 Hour

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter, melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 cups self-rising flour (do not substitute)
  • 1 cup pecans pieces
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Melt butter, add sugars, and blend well by hand.
  2. Add beaten eggs, stir well.
  3. Add flour and stir until all lumps are gone. Add pecans and vanilla.
  4. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 baking dish.
  5. Bake approximately 40 to 50 minutes watch closely so they don't over cook.
  6. You want them to retain their chewiness.

Notes:

If you do not have any self rising flour on hand you can make your own.

For each cup of all-purpose flour, add 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Mix to combine and continue with recipe. 

adapted from: Southern Bite

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27 comments

Oh yeah!!! Pecan pie is my favorite pie ever. These sound so easy too!! And once you say pecan pie in a bar form - I am all in!
Mrs. Butler said…
I literally JUST told my husband no more than 10 minutes ago that I was wanting some cookies...and you're right--I have all of these ingredients on hand! Off to the kitchen right now! :) Can't wait!
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Unknown said…
OH YUMMY!! I will have to try these! I love pecan pie and always make them for Thanksgiving at the request of my family so I may make some of these too!!

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Wonky Girl said…
These sound really delish to me. My husband would want mini chocolate chips sprinkled into the mix..... I guess that would be an ok addition. Gotta make some of these soon.
Leslie said…
I have this recipe love these! We call them brown sugar bars, but whatever they're called they are always so good!! :)
~Leslie
Love the sound of this recipe...will most definately will be making these next week. I have a gob of pecans to get out of my freezer from last years crop! TFS
I also pinned this to my Pinterest!
I'm so glad you enjoyed these! They are certainly a favorite in our house! The recipe has been in my family for years and I'm so glad others are enjoying them too!
Oh Tina - these look heavenly. I love pecan pie and any pecan bar. I'm pinning these now til I can make them. Thanks so much for sharing.
These look heavenly - I LOVE Pecan pie!
Susan said…
They look so good!

Thank you for the recipe!

Susan
Michele said…
They do look yummy! Thanks for sharing! I bet your family will love them.
Cheryl said…
These sound and look very good. Plan on adding them to my Christmas baking, my hubby likes anything with nuts! Thanks for sharing and have been enjoying your sight, so many great recipes.
Have a wonderful evening.
~Cheryl~
Anonymous said…
I made 2 batches of the pecan pie bars and although they are very good, I was a little disappointed that the middle of the bars were not like pecan pie. I did everything exactly like the recipe called for and baked them for 45 min. and can't understand what I did wrong. They are definitely very good though. Just would liked for the middle to have been a bit soft like a pecan pie.
Tina Butler said…
They are not soft like pecan pie. I had noted that they taste like pecan pie to me. They are a chewy and crispy bar not soft in the middle.
These look and sound delicious!!! I can't wait to make these!
Charity said…
Delicious! I often try to make over recipes like this so they're a little easier for our toddler, who is oh-so-sensitive to sugar. As in she has a meltdown without about one minute of eating a lot! Anyway, I'm going to try these. Thanks so much and if you're keen on a newly made-over recipe from Paula Dean, I just made a batch of mini pumpkin spice muffins...Totally kid approved. Happy holidays!
One simple way said…
Ummm. these look awesome, definatly going to try this recipe.
Moddy Bee said…
these look pretty much amazing!! ill be making these TODAY! :)
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JaRTex said…
I made these for my family but I added 1 cup of butterscotch chips...they LOVED them! Next time I'm going to add Chocolate chips and see how that tastes!
Great recipe!
Oh my! These are awesome and went fast at my house! At one point we even put vanilla ice cream on top of ours.
Anonymous said…
I grew up eating chewies as a child. My family is from John's Island SC and this was made often down there. This is low country cooking.
Anonymous said…
Can I use margarine? Or does it have to be butter? That's the only ingredient I don't have.
Tina Butler said…
Margarine will not give you the same results as real butter. The bars will be dry and crumbly with margarine.
Sonia said…
My husband loves pecan pie and I love blondies with nuts so these look like a perfect marriage. Making pecan chewies for the Superbowl tonight. Thanks for the recipe!
Unknown said…
Love this recipe! I followed everything word for word and it came out great. My family loves this recipe!
Unknown said…
I made them last night. The bars are delicious, but I don't know if 2 sticks of butter is to much butter, because they came out to grease. My family love the taste.