Maple Chocolate Pecan Bars

Name: Maple Chocolate Pecan Bars
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/2 cup cocoa; 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional); 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, cold; 2 eggs; 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk!); 1 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring; 2 cups pecan halves or 2 cups pecan pieces

9 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, cold
2 eggs
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk!)
1 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring
2 cups pecan halves or 2 cups pecan pieces

Directions

1

Heat oven to 350°F.
2

Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa and salt in large bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in 1 beaten egg. Press mixture evenly onto bottom of ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
3

Bake 25 minutes. Meanwhile, beat sweetened condensed milk, remaining 1 egg and flavoring in medium bowl; stir in pecan halves. Pour over prepared crust, distributing pecan halves evenly. Return to oven.
4

Bake 25 minutes longer or until golden. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Store tightly covered at room temperature. About 24 to 36 bars.