Turtle Cookie Bars by Stephanie

Ingredients

Crust: 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup butter, softened 2nd Layer: 1 chopped pecans 2/3 cup butter 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup milk chocolate morsels

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 3 ingredients in a mixing bowl, beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Pat into an ungreased 13 x 9 pan.

Arrange pecans over crust.

Combine 2/3 cup butter & 1/2 cup brown sugar in a saucepan; Bring to a boil over medium high heat, stirring constantly. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 - 17 minutes or until golden and bubbly.

Remove from oven; sprinkle with chocolate morsels. Let stand 2 - 3 minutes or until slightly melted. Gently swirl through chocolate with a knife, leaving some morsels whole. (do not spread) Let cool on a wire rack until chocolate is cooled & cut into squares.