Preheat oven to 375. Take your biggest ROASTING PAN (yes, you read that right) and line with parchment paper.
For crust:
cream:
1.25 pounds butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
add:
3 eggs
1 T good vanilla
1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt
when that is well combined, add 4.5 cups of flour.
Press into the roasting pan (put some flours on your fingers, but it'll be a mess anyway) - bake for 17 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a pan combine:
1 pound butter
3 cups dark brown sugar
teaspoon of orange zest
dash of salt
in a single cup measuring cup: bit of molasses, bit of orange juice, remainder corn syrup (which I was subbing for honey)
melt over medium heat, then boil for three minutes.
Remove from heat, and stir in:
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 T vanilla
1 1/2 pounds chopped pecans
1/2 pound pecan halves
Pour over crust, return to oven for 30 minutes.
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