Lite Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

Name: Lite Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 177 milliliters butter OR margarine, softened; 118 milliliters Argo® Corn Starch; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 355 milliliters flour; 296 milliliters Karo® Lite Syrup; 170 grams pecans, chopped; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters semi-sweet chocolate chips; 355 milliliters sugar, divided; 2 teaspoons Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Lite Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars a try. This recipe serves 24. One serving contains 292 calories, 3g of protein, and 15g of fat. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. Head to the store and pick up salt, corn starch, pecans, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar and corn starch in a large bowl.

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Corn Starch

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Cut in butter until crumbly. Press into greased 13 x 9-inch pan.

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Butter

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Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 15 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

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To Make Filling: Stir together syrup, remaining sugar, eggs, salt and vanilla in a large bowl until blended.

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Vanilla

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Syrup

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Salt

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Add pecans and chocolate chips.

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Pecans

Pour over crust and bake an additional 35 minutes until filling is firm around the edges and slightly soft in center.

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Crust

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Cool completely, about 2 hours, before cutting into bars.

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Servings:

177milliliters

butter OR margarine, softened 118milliliters

Argo® Corn Starch 4

eggs, lightly beaten 355milliliters

flour 296milliliters

Karo® Lite Syrup 170grams

pecans, chopped 0teaspoons

salt 237milliliters

semi-sweet chocolate chips 355milliliters

sugar, divided 2teaspoons

Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Selbach Oster Mosel Riesling Kabinett. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 15 dollars.