What could be better than an ooey-gooey black bottom praline brownie bar loaded with pecans! Check out my easy to make recipe and amaze your friends with your baking skills. Just make sure to make enough of these delicious brownie bars.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 529kcal
Author: Alice Medrich The Queen of Chocolate
Ingredients
Brownie Layer
8tablespoonunsalted butter
6 ½ouncessemi-sweet chocolate
¾cupplus 2 tablespoon Sugar(6.125 oz)
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
¼teaspoon. salt
2large eggs(cold)
½cupall-purpose flour(2.25 oz)
Pecan Topping
½cupall-purpose flour(2.25 oz)
½teaspoonbaking soda
8tablespoonunsalted butter-melted
¾cuppacked brown sugar(5.25 oz)
½teaspoonsalt
2large egg yolks
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
2 ½cupscoarsely chopped pecans or walnuts(8.75 oz)*
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
line a 9x13 metal baking pan , bottom and all four sides with foil
Brownie Layer
place chopped chocolate and butter in a metal pan over a pot of simmering water and allow chocolate to melt, stir until completely melted and smooth. Remove from heat.
Stir in Sugar, vanilla, and salt with a wooden spoon.
Add the eggs and mix well
Add in the flour and beat vigorously until batter is smooth and glossy and begins to come away from the sides of the pan.
Scrape batter into prepared pan and set aside.
Pecan Topping
Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl and mix well using a fork
Combine the melted butter with the brown sugar and salt
Add in the egg yolks and vanilla
Add in flour mixture and then the pecans, mix well
drop by spoonfuls on top of the brownie layer, it will spread and cover the brownies during baking.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is completely brown and cracked*
Allow to cool completely on wire rack, then remove by lifting the ends of the foil and removing from pan.
Cut into squares*
Notes
*Turn pan front to back halfway through the baking time to ensure even baking *May be kept in an airtight container for 2-3 days * half of my Pecans were coffee pecans, substitute 1 teaspoon of espresso powder if you like the coffee flavor