Ultimate Turtle Brownies

Name: Ultimate Turtle Brownies
Yield: Makes 25 (1 1/2-inch-square) Brownies
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, heavy cream plus 2 additional tablespoons; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 cup, water; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 1 1/4 cups, sugar (8 3/4 ounces); 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; 4 ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 2 ounces, unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces), unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 2 , large eggs, room temperature; 1 cup (7 ounces), sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2/3 cup, chopped pecans (about 2 3/4 ounces); 1/3 cup, semisweet chocolate chips (optional); 25 , pecan halves (about 1 1/2 ounces), toasted

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2006

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Brownies & Bars

SERVESMakes 25 (1 1/2-inch-square) Brownies

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1½ hours cooling and 2 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our ultimate turtle brownie recipe, we wanted something reminiscent of a candy turtle: rich, chewy, and chocolaty, with a bittersweet, tooth-sinking caramel and an abundance of pecans. The real challenge was deciding on the right textur...

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