Raspberry Chocolate Chip Bars
Ready In: 50 mins
Serves: 36
Yields: 36 bars
Ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can raspberries, drained, syrup reserved
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3⁄4 cup pecans, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 lb unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 2⁄3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, & grease a 13"x9" baking dish.
- In a saucepan, combine cornstarch & reserved syrup, heating & stirring about 3 to 4 minutes until thickened, then mix in the raspberries & set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, pecans, butter & egg until crumbly, then set aside 1 1/2 cups of this crumb mixture.
- Put remaining crumb mixture into the baking dish & press to flatten & even out.
- Evenly spread the cooled raspberry mixture into the baking dish, then sprinkle with chocolate chips before sprinkling the remaning crumb mixture over the top of the fruit.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until lightly browned, then cool in the pan on a wire rack before cutting into bars.
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