Amazon Bars Recipe

Title: Amazon Bars
  Categories: Cookies, Chocolate
       Yield: 1 servings
  
     3/4 c  Golden crisco shortening
   1 1/4 c  Firmly-packed brown sugar
       2 tb Milk
       1 tb Vanilla
       1    Egg
   1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
       1 ts Salt
     3/4 ts Baking soda
       1 c  Semi-sweet chocolate chips
       1 c  Coarsely chopped pecans
  
   1. Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Grease a 9 x 13-inch (23
   cm x 33 cm) pan with shortening. Place foil on countertop
   for cooling cookies.
   2. Combine shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in
   large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until
   well blended. Beat egg into creamed mixture.
   3. Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into creamed
   mixture just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and
   pecans.
   4. Spread into prepared pan using long metal spatula.
   5. Bake at 375F (190C) for 20 minutes. Reduce oven
   temperature to 325F (160C). Bake for 5 additional
   minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes in pan. Cut into
        16    bars.
  
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