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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Add the egg yolks and blend well, gradually add flour and mix thoroughly dough well be really stiff.
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Fold in the pecans.
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Spoon a little than half of the dough into an 8x8 inch ungreased pan.
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Cover with preserves.
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Pat down the dough, making sure to form a little edge of dough around the pan (this will help to ensure that the preserves will not leak out and burn during baking).
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Using small handfuls of the remaining dough, pat the dough in your hands to form a small flat disk, lay on top of preserves, use up rest of the dough in the same manner, making sure that no preserves are left uncovered.
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Cover edges of dough with aluminum foil so that the edges will not brown to fast.
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Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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When the pan is cool, cut into small bars and dust with powdered sugar.
