Graham Cracker-Pecan Crunch

Name: Graham Cracker-Pecan Crunch
Yield: makes about 4 1/2 dozen 2-inch-square confections
Ingredients: 15 double graham crackers; 1 1/2 cups chopped toasted pecans; 1 (8-ounce) package toffee bits; 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter; 3/4 cup sugar

December 14, 2011

My cousin Vera sent me this recipe from Ann (Mrs. Dan) K. Lucy, a regular at the Elderville Cemetery Association’s annual homecoming picnic held on the grounds of the modest East Texas church where my great-great-grandparents met. It did not look promising. How could a layer of common graham crackers with butter, sugar, nuts, and toffee tossed on top amount to much? Then I made them—and repented. (My sincerest apologies to Mrs. Lucy.) I have taken this confection to several potlucks and have yet to escape without someone (or two or even three fellow guests) begging me for the recipe. I have made them a day in advance and been unable to resist snacking on them—just a few at a time, mind you—so that by the time they arrived at their intended destination their numbers were severely diminished. These crisp little squares are divine, seriously addictive, and making them is almost as easy as dropping dollar bills into the church-offering basket.

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