in category Cookie Recipes
1-1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
18 pecan halves
Sift together the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt into a large bowl. Add the brown sugar, vegetable shortening, egg and vanilla. Blend with a spoon or electric mixer until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Pat 3/4 of the mixture firmly into greased bottom of an 8 by 8 by 2 inch pan.
Spread with the chocolate filling and sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture. Arrange pecan halves over the top, one for each bar.
Bake at 375* for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
Chocolate Filling:
1 square unsweetened chocolate
2 tbl. butter
2 tbl. cream
3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Blend together the chocolate, butter and 2 tbl. cream. Beat in 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar. Stir in vanilla and pecans.
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