Ultimate Turtle Brownies

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2006

Dark chocolate brownies, rich and chewy caramel, and sweet pecans--it's hard to go wrong with turtle brownies. But it's even harder to make them right.

SERVES Makes 25 (1 1/2-inch-square) Brownies

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 1½ hours cooling and 2 hours chilling

Ultimate Turtle Brownies

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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