Lethal Layers
"Another recipe from Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Bear character. Like pecan pie, only easier to pick up. Yum!!"
Diane Mott Davidson is one of my favorite authors. She writes Culinary Mysteries. Who knew this was a genre?!?
Once, long ago when we were living in Columbia, Jerry won a dessert contest with this recipe. He was maybe 10 or 11 and everyone was totally impressed with his cooking skills. It is extremely good, but I recommend very small servings! It is so rich!
Ingredients
½ cp unsalted butter
½ cp dark brown sugar
1 cp all-purpose flour
2 cp pecan halves
2 eggs
1 cp firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 ts vanilla extract
½ ts salt
1 ts baking powder
additional flour ( see below)
1 cp chocolate chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 375.
In a food processor, combine the first three ingredients with a metal blade until coarse crumbs are formed. (can also be done with 2 knives or a pastry cutter).
Pat as a crust into a buttered 9x13 pan.
Bake for 10 minutes, then cool completely.
Spread pecans over cooled crust.
Beat eggs with brown sugar until thick.
Add vanilla.
Put salt and baking power in the bottom of a 1/4 cup measure, then fill the rest of the measure with flour.
Stir this into egg mixture.
Pour this mixture over the pecans and crust.
Sprinkle chips over the mixture.
Bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until center is set.
Let cool before cutting.