Chef Lior Mishiach Shares Rich American-Style Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

Chef and content creator Lior Mishiach presents a recipe for classic American-style pecan pie bars, known for their rich, sticky, and nostalgic flavor. The recipe emphasizes not reducing the sugar but balancing the sweetness with a generous sprinkle of Atlantic or Maldon sea salt. Mishiach also recommends serving the bars with lightly whipped unsweetened cream to lighten each bite.

The preparation involves making a shortcrust base from butter, sugar, salt, and flour, which is baked briefly before adding a filling made of two types of brown sugar, melted butter, cornstarch, salt, honey, vanilla, eggs, and toasted pecans. The bars bake for 30 to 40 minutes until the filling sets, with a caution to cover the pecans with foil if they brown too quickly. After baking, the bars should chill in the refrigerator for at least two hours before serving.

The recipe yields 14 bars, takes about 25 minutes of active preparation and a total of 125 minutes including baking and chilling, and is dairy kosher. Mishiach advises storing the finished bars in the fridge for up to four days. The full recipe is available on Ynet’s Laisha section, accompanied by photos from Lior Mishiach herself.