Carter Family Recipes

  • 1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup light brown sugar; firmly packed
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1¾ cups Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 13-inch-by-9-inch-by-2-inch baking pan.
  2. In large mixer bowl, stir together butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla; lend in flour and salt. Press mixture onto bottom of prepared pan.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; immediately sprinkle chocolate chunks on crust. Let stand until softened, about 5 minutes; spread evenly over crust. Sprinkle pecans over top. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Makes about 36 bars

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