Chocolate pecan pie squares

54 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Flour
1¼ cup Granulated sugar
2 Sticks butter; cut-up, softened
3 tablespoons Butter; melted
1 Egg
3 teaspoons Vanilla extract
6 ounces Semisweet chocolate chips
⅔ cup Light brown sugar; packed
½ cup Heavy cream
⅓ cup Light corn syrup
3 cups Pecans; chopped

Directions

Recipe by: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts - ISBN 0-06-016537-5 Preparation Time: 1:05 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. To make crust, in a food processor, combine flour and ½ cup granulated sugar. Add 2 sticks softened butter and process until mixture is in fine crumbs.

With machine on, add egg and 2 tsp vanilla through feed tube. Process just until dough leaves sides of bowl and masses together. 2. Press dough evenly over bottom of a foil-lined 10 x 15-inch jelly-roll pan.

Bake 15 to 17 mins, or until just golden. 3. Remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips. Return to oven 1 to 2 mins to melt chips. Spread melted chocolate over crust. 4. In a large bowl, combine remaining ¾ cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, cream, corn syrup, melted butter, and remaining 1 tsp vanilla. Mix well. Stir in pecans. Carefully spoon pecan topping over chocolate on crust. 5.

Bake 25 to 30 mins, or until golden. Let cool in pan 1 hour before cutting into 54 squares.

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