Pecan Maple Cream Cheese Squares

A recipe from coup de pouce.

Crust: in a bowl , with an electric mixer , beat butter until creamy.

Add brown sugar and vanilla and beat until the mixture is light.

Add flour and beat at low speed until grainy , but do not beat too much.

Incorporate pecans with a spoon.

Press the dough uniformly in a pan of 13 x 9 inches.

Cook in a preheated oven of 325f for 12 minutes or until the crust is lightly golden.

Remove from oven and put the pan on a rack to let cool.

Filling: in a large bowl , with an electric mixer , mix cream cheese , sugar and flour.

Add eggs and beat at low speed until homogeneous.

Incorporate , with a spoon : the cream , maple syrup and chopped pecans.

Pour filling on the cold crust.

Cook in the preheated oven of 325f 35 to 40 minutes or until center of the filling is set.

Remove from oven and put on rack.

Let cool 1 hour.

Cover with plastic wrap and put in fridge at least 4 hours or until filling is cold.

Unmold delicately and cut in squares.

Garnish each square with a candied pec.

butter, brown sugar, vanilla, flour, pecans, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, half-and-half cream, maple syrup