Chris' Chocolate-butterscotch Sugar-coma Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 12 ounces evaporated milk
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 12 ounces butterscotch chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 grease a 9 x 13" pan and preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 combine shortening, brown sugar, and eggs in a bowl and cream together with a hand mixer until thoroughly blended.
• 3 in a separate bowl, add flour, baking powder, and salt and stir until blended.
• 4 add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and stir until evenly blended.
• 5 add 1 cup of the chocolate chips into dough and stir.
• 6 spread dough into bottom of greased 9 x 13" pan.
• 7 sprinkle on the remaining chocolate chips (from your 12 oz bag) on top of dough.
• 8 sprinkle shredded coconut on top of chocolate chips.
• 9 sprinkle butterscotch chips on top of coconut.
• 10 sprinkle pecans on top of butterscotch chips.
• 11 in small bowl, mix together evaporated milk and sugar until sugar is dissolved.
• 12 using a 1-cup measuring cup, slowly and evenly pour milk mixture over the top using 1 to 1-1/2 cups of the milk mixture.
• 13 put in 350ºf oven for 45-50 minutes - while baking, it will puff up around the edges and turn golden brown.