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.