Frozen Butter Pecan Crunch Recipes

Steps:

• Cook sugar, syrup and water until mixture thickens and bubbles (about 230 degrees). Add butter and pecans. Stir continuously and continue cooking until nuts begin to brown or start popping (290 degrees). Remove from heat. Add vanilla and soda and stir thoroughly. Pour quickly in several pieces on large buttered surface. Do not spread with knife or spoon. Allow to cool slightly. Stretch and pull with hands until very thin. (The thinner it is stretched, the more brittle it will be.) When cooled and hardened, break into small pieces. Store in airtight container.

Steps:

• Prepare a 13 x 9-inch ungreased glass Pyrex baking dish.
• In a bowl combine the graham cracker crumbs with sugar and melted butter or margarine; mix well.
• Pat the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish; chill until completey cool.
• In a mixing bowl beat the two vanilla pudding mixes with 2 cups milk until well blended (about 1 minute).
• Fold in the softened ice cream and Cool Whip topping until completely blended.
• Spoon over the crust.
• Sprinkle with chopped candy bars.
• Freeze until firm.
• Thaw about 15 minutes before slicing.

Steps:

• Mix crumbs and butter; press into bottom of 9x13 pan.
• Chill.
• Beat pudding mixes and milk until well blended.
• Fold in ice-cream and Cool Whip.
• Spoon over crust.
• Sprinkle with crushed Heath bars.
• Freeze.
• Thaw about 20 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Into a chilled large metal bowl sift together flour and salt. Set a grater in flour bowl and coarsely grate frozen butter into flour, gently lifting and tossing flour to coat butter. Chill mixture 20 minutes. Drizzle 6 tablespoons ice water evenly over mixture and gently stir with a fork until just incorporated. Gently squeeze a small handful of mixture to test for proper texture: It should hold together without crumbling apart. If necessary, add some additional water, 1 tablespoon at a time and stirring until just incorporated, and test mixture again. (If you overwork mixture or add too much water, pastry will be tough.)
• Turn mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and with floured hands mound into 4 portions. With heel of hand smear each portion once in a forward motion to help distribute fat. Gather dough portions together and form dough, rotating it on work surface, into a disk (dough will not be smooth). Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 2 hours, or until firm, and up to 2 days.

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, combine butter, honey and brown sugar; cook, and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil.
• Stir in baking soda (the mixture will foam).
• In a large bowl, combine popcorn and nuts.
• Pour in the hot syrup; mix well to coat.
• Spread mixture evenly on a large buttered cookie sheet.
• Bake, until a deep golden brown (about 15 minutes), stirring every 5 minutes.
• Cool, and store in a tightly covered container for up to 4 days.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.
• Pat evenly into bottom of an ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Chill thoroughly in freezer.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the pudding mixes with half and half or milk until well blended (about 1 minute).
• Fold in the icecream and Cool Whip whipped topping; spoon over chilled crust.
• Sprinkle with crushed Heath bars; Freeze.
• Remove from freezer about 20 minutes before serving.
• Store tightly covered with foil in the freezer.