Categories: Cookie Bars- Fruit Bars- Brownies

Ingredients

• 4 squares Baker's unsweetened baking chocolate
• 3/4 cup butter or margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1 pkg. (14 oz.) caramels, unwrapped
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 2 cups pecan or walnut halves, divided
• 1 pkg. (12 oz.) Baker's Real semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease foil-lined 13 × 9 inch baking pan.

2. Microwave chocolate squares and butter in microwavable bowl on high 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir sugar into chocolate until well blended. Mix in eggs. Stir in flour. Spread 1/2 of batter in prepared pan.

3. Bake 25 minutes, or until batter is firm to touch.

4. Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream in microwavable bowl on high 3 minutes, or until caramels begin to melt. Whisk until smooth. Stir in 1 cup nuts. Gently spread caramel mixture over brownie batter in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chops if desired. Pour remaining unbaked brownie batter evenly over caramel mixture; sprinkle with remaining nuts. (Some caramel mixture may peek through.)

5. Bake additional 30 minutes. Cool in pan. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen brownies from sides. Lift from pan sing foil as handles. Cut into 24 fudgy brownies.

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