These chocolate pecan cookie bars have a chocolatey bottom layer topped with a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, egg and pecans and baked until firm.

Chocolate Pecan Bars

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup baking cocoa

1 cup cold butter or margarine

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan; set aside.
2. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar and cocoa; cut in butter until crumbly. Press mixture firmly on bottom of prepared pan.
3. Bake 15 minutes.
4. In medium bowl, beat sweetened condensed milk, egg and vanilla. Stir in pecans. Spread evenly over baked crust.
5. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Store covered in refrigerator.

Makes about 36 bars.