Lite Chocolate Pecan Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup argo cornstarch
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/4 cups karo lite syrup
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons spice islands pure vanilla extract
• 6 ounces pecans, chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 to make crust:.
• 3 combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar and corn starch in a large bowl. cut in butter until crumbly. press into greased 13 x 9-inch pan.
• 4 bake in a preheated 350°f oven for 15 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
• 5 to make filling:.
• 6 stir together syrup, remaining sugar, eggs, salt and vanilla in a large bowl until blended. add pecans and chocolate chips.
• 7 pour over crust and bake an additional 35 minutes until filling is firm around the edges and slightly soft in center.
• 8 cool completely, about 2 hours, before cutting into bars.