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Chocolate Pecan Pie Squares
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 48
Categories:
Chocolate
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Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients: 1 1/2
c
All-purpose flour 1/3
c
Icing sugar 1/4
c
Unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4
c
Unsalted butter, cold, cubed 1
t
Vanilla 1
t
Cold water
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oz
Unsweetened chocolate, chop 1/3
c
Unsalted butter 3/4
c
Packed brown sugar 1
Egg 3/4
c
Corn syrup 1
t
Vanilla 3
c
Pecan halves
Directions:
Lightly grease 13x9-inch cake pan; line with foil, leaving 2-inch
overhang
on each long side. Lightly grease foil.
In food processor or bowl, combine flour, sugar and cocoa. Add butter,
vanilla and water; pulse or cut in with pastry blender until fine crumbs
form. With fingers, knead portions into balls of dough; pat into
prepared
pan. Bake in 350F 180C oven for 20 minutes.
Topping: Meanwhile, in top of double boiler over hot (not boiling)
water,
melt chocolate with butter; remove from heat. Whisk in sugar, then egg;
whisk in corn syrup and vanilla. Stir in pecan halves. Pour over base,
spreading evenly.
Bake for 20-25 minutes longer or until filling is just set. Let cool
completely in pan on rack. Refrigerate until firm.
With knife, cut along ends of pan; using foil overhang, loosen from pan.
invert onto back of baking sheet; peel off foil. Invert onto board; cut
into squares.
[Squares can be covered and stored in refrigerator for up to 5 days or
frozen in airtight container for up to 1 month.]
48 bars for $12.55 CDN [Apr 95]
Per bar: about 140 calories, 1 g protein, 10 g fat, 13 g carbohydrate
Source: Canadian Living magazine, Apr 95
Presented in article by Daphna Rabinovitch:
"Bars & Squares: blissful Bites"
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