Caramel-Pecan Brownies

By lindybug

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 oz unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
• 1 (6 1/4 oz) pkg caramels
• 2 Tbsp milk
• Chopped pecans to garnish

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x9x2" baking pan; set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine butter and chocolate; heat and stir over low heat until melted. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla. Using a wooden spoon, stir just until combined. Stir in flour and the 1/2 cup nuts.

Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate pieces over top. Bake for 20 min. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

Make Caramel topping by unwrapping all the caramels. In small saucepan, combine caramels and milk. Cook and stir over med-low heat until smooth.

Drizzle over brownies and sprinkle additional chopped pecans. Cool in pan. Cut into bars.

To bake ahead-after topping do not cut into bars, cover pan and chill up to 2 days.