Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars
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Ingredients:
- 3 cups unsifted flour
- 2 cups sugar, divided
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups Karo Light or Dark Corn Syrup
- 6 squares Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate or
1.5 pkgs (6 oz) Baker's German Sweet Chocolate
- 4 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1.5 tsp vanilla
- 2.5 cups chopped pecans
Directions:
Crust: Grease bottom and sides of a 15x10x1-inch baking pan. (Be
certain sides of baking pan are 1-inch high.) In large bowl with mixer at
medium speed, beat flour, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, and salt until mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. Press firmly and evenly into pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for
20 minutes.
Filling: Meanwhile, in a 3-quart saucepan, stir corn syrup and chocolate
over low heat just until chocolate melts. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining
sugar, then eggs and vanilla until blended. Stir in pecans.
Pour filling over hot crust; spread evenly. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30
minutes or until filling is firm around the edges and slightly soft in the
center. Cool in pan on wire rack.
Makes 48 bars
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