Recipe for cooking pecan pie breakfast squares

Breakfast Recipes :: Breakfast Meat and Egg Dishes

Pecan Pie Breakfast Squares

Crescent roll dough in a tube Makes approximately for a tasty crust that holds sweet, crunchy toasted pecans.

1 (8 ounce) tube crescent dinner roll dough
1 egg
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. corn syrup
1 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9 x 13-in. baking pan.

Unroll dough from tube and place in buttered pan. With fingers, pin. together seams and press dough onto the bottom of the pan, coming up the sides just a little. Bake 5 mins. in oven just to set the dough. It will not yet be done.

Meanwhile, in a med. bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Pour over partially-baked crust and spread almost to edges with a spoon. Return to oven and bake about 20 mins. more until deep golden brown (top will be soft and bubbly). Allow to cool before cutting into squares.

Makes approximately about 20.