Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup pecans or 3/4 cup almonds, finely chopped
1 egg, beaten
1 cup butter, cold
12 ounces raspberry jam, seedless
1 2/3 cups milk chocolate chips

Preparation

Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 9 x 13 baking pan.
Stir together flour, sugar, pecans (or almonds) and egg in a large bowl.
Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture.
Press remaining crumb mixture on bottom of prepared pan.
Stir jam to soften; carefully spread over crumb mixture.
Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Crumble remaining crumb mixture evenly over top.
Bake 40-45 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.