Chocolate Pecan Bars

I love pecan pie but I rarely if ever make it because a slice of pecan pie is a LOT of dessert. Even a small one. But like I said, I love it.

So, what to do, what to do? Make pecan pie, but in bar form.

Any why not – add in some chocolate too. Because chocolate and pecan…mmmmm.

Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Crust

1 ½ cups flour
½ cup pecans (crushed by a food processor, so you’ll need maybe a cup or cup and a half of whole ones)
11 T butter, softened to room temperature
¼ cup dark brown sugar
¾ t vanilla
¼ t cinnamon

Filling

2 eggs, brought to room temperature
¾ cup corn syrup
¾ cup sugar
2 T butter, softened to room temperature
2 t vanilla
2 cups, semisweet chocolate chips
1 ¾ cups, pecans, coarsely chopped (not food processed like above – you want bigger pieces here)

Directions

Butter and flour or spray a 13” x 9” baking dish and set it aside.

Put the flour, crushed pecans, butter, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon into a large bowl and beat until combined, moist and crumbly.

Press the dough into your prepared pan and bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes until it’s a nice golden brown color. Take it out of the oven and move it to a wire rack. Leave the oven on, because this is going back in shortly.

Now on to the filling. Put the eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla in a bowl and mix until just blended – don’t overmix. Pour in the chips and pecans and stir with a wooden spoon until they’re evenly distributed.