Turtle Brownies – Robin’s Random Recipes

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 1/4 cups sugar (8 3/4 ounces)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), cut into 8 pieces
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate , chopped (I like Ghirardelli, chips are fine.)
• 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (3 3/4 ounces)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 large eggs , room temperature
• 1 cup sugar (7 ounces)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans (about 2 3/4 ounces)
• 1/3 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
• 25 pecan halves (about 1 1/2 ounces), toasted