Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars (T&T)

Yield: 48 squares

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups light or dark corn syrup
• 6 squares semisweet chocolate
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Instructions

Crust

1. Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, butter and salt until mixture resembles course crumbs.
2. Grease a 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan.
3. Press mixture firmly into pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.

Filling

1. Stir corn syrup and chocolate over low heat until chocolate melts.
2. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 2 cups sugar, then eggs, vanilla extract and pecans, blend well.
3. Pour over hot base and spread evenly and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until filling is firm around the edges and slightly soft in the center.
4. Cool in pan on rack.