I love chocolate as many of you who read this blog should be able to tell, but I also love caramel and pecans, too. Well, guess what? This brownie recipe combines all of those into one ooey-gooey piece of heaven. I found this in the Fall 2010 edition of Kraft Food and Family magazine, but it got pushed back in my recipe drawer and I had not made it.
Let me tell you, it was worth the wait! If you have a chocolate lover in your household, please make these for them. You will be their new favorite person!
I did make a couple of little changes to the original, one because I had to and one because I wanted to. I was almost out of white sugar (oops), so I had to substitute light brown sugar for most of the white. I don’t think it made any difference at all. I also chopped my pecans instead of using the whole pecan halves. I think you get more crunch and flavor that way. I am listing the original recipe below.
4 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
3/4 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup all purpose flour
1 pkg. (14 oz.) caramels
1/3 cup whipping cream
2 cups pecans, divided
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13×9” baking pan with aluminum foil and allow the ends of the foil to hang over the pan. Spray the foil with non-stick spray. Microwave the chocolate and butter on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
Add sugar and eggs. Mix well. Stir in flour until well blended. Spread half of the batter in the pan and bake for 25 minutes.
About 20 minutes into the baking process, microwave the caramels and whipping cream on high for 2 minutes or until caramels begin to melt. Stir until completely melted. (I had to put mine back in the microwave for about another minute to get the caramels melted.) Stir in 1 cup of nuts.
Spread the caramel mixture over the brownie layer and cover with the remaining brownie batter. Some caramel will show through. Sprinkle with remaining nuts and bake for 30 more minutes. Let cool completely and cut into small pieces. A little bit of this brownie goes a long way!
Please join me over at Miz Helen’s Country Cottage for this recipe and many yummy others! She even spotlighted little old me for my BBQ ribs last week. Thanks, Miz Helen!
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