Roasted Pecan Fudge

Roasted Pecan Fudge

2 & 1/2 cups pecan halves
4 tablespoons salt, divided
1 & 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups mini marshmallows
1 & 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 450F. Soak pecan halves in water to cover 20 mins drain
well. Sprinkle 2 Tbsp. salt evenly over the bottom of a 15x 10-inch
jelly-roll pan. Arrange pecans in a single layer in pan sprinkle evenly
with 2 more Tbsp salt. Place pecans in hot oven and turn off oven. Let
stand in oven 1 hr and 30 mins. Toss pecans in a strainer to remove
excess salt. Coarsely chop pecans and cool. Bring sugar, evaporated
milk, and butter to a boil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat
boil stirring constantly until a candy thermometer registers 234F (about
7 mins). Remove from heat stir in marshmallows and chocolate morsels
until smooth. Stir in 2 tsp vanilla and chopped pecans. Pour into a
buttered 8-inch square pan cool completely. Cut into 1-inch squares