Crunchy Pecan Bars

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, Ground
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, Sliced
• sugar

1. Preheat oven to 275u0b0F (135u0b0C). Butter a 15 x 10 jelly-roll pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg yolk and vanilla; mix well.
4. In a medium-size bowl, mix flour and cinnamon.
5. Sfir flour mixture into creamed mixture, using hands to mix stiff dough, if necessary.
6. Spread evenly in buttered jelly-roll pan.
7. In a small bowl, beat egg white just until well mixed; spread over dough.
8. Sprinkle pecans evenly over top, then sprinkie lightly with sugar.
9. Bake in preheated oven about 1 hour or until set. Cut in 2 x 1" bars or diamond shapes while still very warm.
10. Remove cookies from baking sheet to wire racks and cool.
11. Cookies become crisp as they cool.

butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, cinnamon, pecans, sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/crunchy-pecan-bars-4002 (may not work)