Nutty Chocolate Squares

These brownie-like squares are incredibly rich so you might want to cut them into smaller squares.

Nutty Chocolate Squares
makes 16

2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
175g pecan nuts, chopped
50g plain flour
50g caster sugar
120ml golden syrup
75g plain chocolate, chopped
40g butter
16 pecan nut halves, to decorate

Line the base and sides of a 20cm square baking tin and lightly grease. Preheat the oven to 160c/gas3.

Whisk together the eggs, vanilla and salt. In another bowl, mix the chopped pecan nuts and flour.

In a pan heat the sugar and golden syrup, remove from the heat as soon as it starts to boil. Mix in the chocolate and butter, then the egg mixture and finally the peacn mixture.

Spoon the mixture into the tin and bake for 35 minutes until set. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. While warm, place on the pecan halves, then cool on a wire rack.



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