Pecan Pie Brownies

When Hubby and I were visiting his family for Thanksgiving, his mom told me that we’d be having our Thanksgiving dinner at 2pm, then she invited the whole extended family over for desserts at 7pm. In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, we determined that we needed an extra dessert for the evening dessert get together.

After examining the list of desserts already on the menu, I knew I wanted to make something with chocolate. We had all of the other classic holiday flavors covered – apple, pumpkin, and cranberry. Since pecan pie is a given at my family holiday gatherings, I was originally going to make a classic pecan pie. Me being me, I decided that was too predictable and wanted to mix things up.

For some reason, I got the idea of a chocolate pecan pie in my head. But let’s not kid ourselves. Pie crust still scares the crap out of me. And we had plenty of pies already on the menu. The obvious next thought in my mind was to make something like a pie but without a crust. Then my mind went to brownies, as it does more often than I’d like to admit.

I decided to search the Internet since I was sure this had been done before. I found a recipe that I used for a guide on the proportions. I used my all-time Favorite Brownie Recipe as a base.

These Pecan Pie Brownies are rich. And fudgey. And absolutely amazing. If you like pecan pie and chocolate, you have to make these. I cut them small since they are pretty intense and served them with freshly whipped cream. If you’re looking for a dessert to make this holiday season that will knock people’s socks off, try these Pecan Pie Brownies.

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