Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray the bottom only of a 9x13 glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, mix together sugar, brown sugar, eggs and oil until smooth. Gently stir in flour and vanilla. Finally, mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans.
Pour into prepared baking dish.
Sprinkle top evenly with remaining (1/2 cup) chopped pecans
Bake for 40-50 minutes until an insterted toothpick in the middle comes out clean. Oven times may vary (If it starts to get too brown on top, cover with aluminum foil until it is finished baking.)
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Notes
You can use whatever nut you like in this. Pecans and walnuts work the best in this.
You could also make a drizzle sauce for it if you’d like. I have a super simple recipe for it over on my SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE. It’s such a versatile sauce and is absolutely perfection over ice cream too or try SALTED CARAMEL.
Don't have self-rising flour? You can make it! For each cup of flour, whisk together with 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Make sure to whisk all of these ingredients together well so that the baking powder and salt are both evenly distributed within the flour.
Try adding cinnamon chips or chocolate chips to this. It really changes up the flavor!