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 (8¾ ounces/248 grams); 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 2 ounces (57 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 3/4 cup (3¾ ounces/106 grams), unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 2 , large eggs, room temperature; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2/3 cup, chopped pecans (about 2¾ ounce/78 grams); 1/3 cup, semisweet chocolate chips (optional); 25 , pecan halves (about 1½ ounces), toasted

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Chocolate
Brownies & Bars

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

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