Shelly's Recipe

FUDGY CARAMEL BROWNIE BARS

Category: Bars

6 tbsp, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/8 tsp salt

Fudgey Filling
1-1/3 cups (8-oz. pkg) Milk Chocolate Baking Pieces Filled with Caramel, divided
1 cup pecan pieces
1 tsp water

Heat oven to 350. Grease 13x9 inch baking pan. Beat butter and sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Add egg and vanilla, beating until smooth. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt. Beat into butter mixture until well blended. Press dough onto bottom of prepared pan.

Filling. Pour filling over dough in pan. Set aside 1/4 cup baking pieces. Stir together remaining baking pieces and pecans; sprinkle over fudge filling. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until filling in center is set and baking pieces along edges of pan are bubbly. Remove from oven to wire rack. Cool 15 to 20 minutes.

Place reserved 1/4 cup baking pieces and water in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until pieces are melted and smooth when stirred. Drizzle over surface. Cool completely. Cut into bars. About 36 bars.

Fudgy filling
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup cocoa
1/3 cup sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Stir in cocoa and sugar. Add sweetened condensed milk; cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups.