Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
3 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon salt
Filling
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup or 1 1/2 cups dark corn syrup
6 ounces chocolate
3/4 cup sugar
4 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Preparation

For crust: Grease 15x10-inch baking pan.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
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 for 20 minutes.
For filling: Stir corn syrup and chocolate in saucepan over low heat until chocolate melts.
Remove from heat.
Stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla until well-blended.
Stir in pecans.
Pour filling over hot crust; spread evenly.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until filling is firm around edges and slightly soft in center.
Cool in pan.