Turtle Brownies

Serves:	12
Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Calories Per Serving:	422
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Pecans (chopped)
• 2 cups White Sugar
• 1 cup Butter (unsalted)
• 4 Eggs
• 1 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 24 Individually Wrapped Caramels (unwrapped)
• 42 Pecan Halves

Cooking Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C).
• Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Combine white sugar, butter, eggs and cocoa powder in a bowl. Stir well until blended.
• Add flour and 1 tsp of vanilla. Mix well.
• Pour the batter in the baking pan.
• Top with chopped pecans.
• Bake the batter for 25 minutes.
• Remove and cool the brownies on a wire rack.
• Place a saucepan on low heat and melt caramels, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat and add the remaining vanilla. Stir.
• Drizzle the caramel preparation over the brownies in parallel rows.
• Press the pecan halves into the caramel in neat rows.
• Allow the preparation to set for at least 10 minutes.
• Slice into bars and serve.