Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 3/4 cup Corn syrup, dark

• Baking & Spices

  • 2/3 cup Brown sugar, dark packed
  • 1 7/8 cup Flour
  • 3/4 tsp Salt
  • 2/3 cup Semi-sweet chocolate morsels, mini
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 2 cup Pecan

• Dairy

  • 3/4 Butter
  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 3 tbsp Milk

Found on packmomma.com

Description

Ingredients

• For the Shortbread
• 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cold butter cut into chunks
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 tbl milk
• For the Topping
• 3 tbl butter, melted
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 tbl vanilla extract
• 2 tbl flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 2/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• 2 cup pecan, chopped
• *Caramel ice cream topping and extra pecans for garnish .. optional

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9 x 13 baking pan with parchment paper
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and sugar together.
• If you have a food processor, pour in the flour mixture and add in the milk and butter chunks. Pulse until it resembles course sand.
• If you do not want to use a food processor, add the milk and butter to your flour mixture and kneed all ingredients together with your hands until it all incorporates into a sand like consistency
• Transfer it to the baking pan and press it down firmly so that it makes an even crust
• Bake for 20 minutes
• While the crust is baking, using a hand mixer combine the flour, brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla and salt together in that same large mixing bowl you used before.
• Add in the eggs, one by one and then the corn syrup. Mix well
• Using a spatula, stir in the chocolate morsels and pecans
• Let this filling stand for 15 minutes while your crust is cooking.
• Once crust has cooked, remove and pour the filling on top of the crust
• Return to the oven for another 45 minutes
• Remove from oven when done and let cool completely before removing from pan
• Once cool, pull up on parchment paper and remove. Cut into bars and garnish with caramel and extra pecans
• Store in air tight container in the refrigerator. Heat up for 10 seconds in the microwave for extra yumminess!