Free Recipe Books: Dark Chocolate Pecan Squares

November 2nd 2009

dark chocolate pecon squaresYou might want to get the free recipe book for Fall season 2009 and Dressed for Holidays Recipes by Simply Homemade. The both booklets are in pdf format and are available for download for free.

One of the recipe in the booklet is to make Dark Chocolate Pecan Squares. Here is the recipe:

Dark Chocolate Pecan Squares

Preparation Time: 25 minutes + 30 minutes chilling time
Baking Time: 50 minutes
Makes: 16 squares

Ingredients:

Crust
1 1/3 cups (325 mL) Robin Hood All Purpose Flour
½ tsp (2 mL) salt
½ cup (250 mL) Crisco® All Vegetable Shortening, cold
3-6 tbsp (45-75 mL) ice water

Filling
½ cup (125 mL) Chipits®* Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, melted
2 cups (500 mL) toasted pecans
3 eggs
½ cup (125 mL) Redpath® brown sugar, packed
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
¾ cup (175 mL) Crown®/BeeHive® Golden Corn Syrup
½ cup (125 mL) Chipits®* Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Directions:

1. Crust: Blend flour and salt in a medium size mixing bowl. Cut chilled shortening into ½” (1.3 cm) cubes. Mix in chilled shortening cubes into flour mixture using a pastry blender, or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some small pea-sized pieces remaining. Sprinkle half of ice cold water over the flour mixture. Using a fork, stir and draw flour from bottom of bowl to the top, distributing moisture evenly. Add remaining water, 1 tbsp (15 mL) at a time, until dough is moist enough to hold together.
2. Flatten dough into ½” (1.3 cm) thick round disk. Wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes or up to 2 days.
3. Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC).
4. Roll chilled dough on a lightly floured surface into a 14” inch square (36 cm). Transfer dough into a 9” x 9” (2.5 L) square baking dish. Trim edges to height of baking dish. Roll edge under so dough comes ¾ of the way up the sides of the dish.
5. Filling: Spread melted chocolate over the bottom of the dough. Refrigerate to set. Cover with pecans once cooled.
6. Whisk together eggs, brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Whisk in corn syrup. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour over pecans.
7. Bake in preheated oven until filling is puffed, about 50 minutes.

Click Here to download Free Fall recipes booklet.

Click Here to download Dressed for Holidays Recipes.

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