Butter Pecan Cookies

Ingredients:

1.  1-3/4 cups flour

2.  1 cup brown sugar

3.  1/2 cup butter, melted

4.  2 cups whole pecan halves

5.  1 cup butter (no substitutes)

6.  3/4 cup brown sugar

7.  2 cups milk chocolate chips

Method: 

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour and 1 cup brown sugar and mix with fingers. Stir in 1/2 cup melted butter until the mixture looks like cornmeal. Pat evenly into a 13" x 9" baking pan.

2.  Sprinkle pecans over crust. In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils for 1 minute, combines, and looks syrupy. Drizzle evenly over the pecans. Bake bars 17-22 minutes until bubbly over entire surface. Remove from oven.

3.  Sprinkle immediately with milk chocolate chips and cover with foil to trap heat. Let the chocolate melt for a few minutes, then remove foil and swirl a knife through some of the chips to marble. Don't try to spread the chips over the whole pan.

Quantity: 36 bars