Alabama Fudge-Pecan Chewies

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

• 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 50 pecan halves (approximately, it depends on how "heaping" your teaspoon is)

Directions

1. 1

   Add condensed milk, chocolate, and butter to a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate and butter melt.

2. 2

   Remove from heat and stir in flour, chopped pecans, and vanilla.

3. 3

   You can let the mixture cool slightly if you wish, but don't let it get too cool as it will be harder to get a nice-looking cookie - they'll have jagged edges if the mixture has started to set and doesn't "flow" slightly.

4. 4

   Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. You can fit a lot of these on a cookie sheet, as they hardly spread at all. Press a pecan half into the center of each cookie.

5. 5

   Bake sheets one at a time on a rack placed in the center of the oven. Bake at 350° for 7 minutes. (Do not overbake.) Let sit for one minute on the cookie sheet to set up a bit, then immediately transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.