Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

Some of my favorite blog posts are people bringing their Pinterest pins into reality, so I thought I'd finally give it a shot. 

Baking seemed easier than knitting my own oven mitts, so I found a delicious-looking recipe and got to work. I actually made these as a Christmas gift for someone, and I was lucky enough to have some leftover for me, too.

Here's the recipe, complete with my inadequate iPhone food photos.

Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

Makes one 9" x 13" pan, about 32 bars 

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (Original recipe calls for 2 cups)
2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped

Obligatory ingredients shot.

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line bottom and sides of a 9×13 inch baking pan with aluminum foil.

Put on your favorite apron. Also, have a cat.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat 1 stick room-temp butter, brown sugar, flour,and salt until coarse crumbs form. Pour mixture into prepared pan; press firmly into bottom.

3. Bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes. Let cool, 10 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, in same large bowl, mix eggs, corn syrup, granulated sugar, and 2 TBS melted butter until well combined. Add chocolate chips and pecans; spread over crust.

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5. Bake until set, 25-30 minutes. Cool completely in pan before lifting out (use foil to lift). Cut into 32 bars.

All that remains.