Chocolate Pecan Crinkles

By dorchuk

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate pieces
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

In a heavy saucepan, melt butter and sugar
Stir until sugar dissolves and mixture begins to boil around the edges.
Add chocolate and heat gently until chocolate is melted and blended, stirring constantly
Remove from heat and stir in pecans
Add egg and vanilla and beat to form a thick paste
Lightly butter a sheet of foil fitted over a cookie sheet
Drop batter by rounded teaspoons onto the foil, leaving 2 inches in between
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes
Chill as soon as removed from oven
When cold, store in airtight container