Original blog post: https://spatulagoddess.com/2011/09/20/pattys-turtle-brownies/

Time required: 2 hr

Yields: about 30 pieces

Tools required:

• baking pan: 9″ x 13″
• parchment paper
• pastry blender

Ingredients:

• 2 C flour
• divided amounts of brown sugar, 1 C and ¾ C
• divided amounts of margarine, ½ C and ¾ C
• 1½ C chopped walnuts (optional)
• 2 C milk chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 176° C / 350°F. Line baking pan with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, mix 1 C of sugar with the flour, and cut in ½ C margarine. with a pastry blender, blending until coarse crumbs form.
3. Pat mixture into baking pan.
4. Sprinkle nuts onto crust if desired.
5. In a heavy-bottomed sauce pan, melt the remaining amounts of sugar and margarine (¾ C of each), and stir constantly. Once mixture is boiling, let it boil for 1 minute, then immediately pour onto crust.
6. Use a spatula to quickly spread the caramel.
7. Bake in the oven for 20 min.
8. Sprinkle chocolate chips over hot crust. Wait 3 minutes.
9. Use spatula to gently spread chocolate.
10. Chill for at least one hour and cut into squares.