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Ingredients

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup (2 sticks) cold butter or margarine
• 1 jar (12 oz.) seedless red raspberry jam
• 1 2/3 cups Hershey’s milk chocolate chips, Hershey’s raspberry chips, or Hershey’s mini kisses, brand milk chocolates

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13*9* 2-inch baking pan.
2. Stir together flour, sugar, pecans, and egg in  a  large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside 11/2 cups crumb mixture.
3. Press remaining crumb mixture o the  bottom of the prepared pan. Stir jam to soften; carefully spread over the crumb mixture.
4. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Crumble remaining crumb mixture evenly over top.
5. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.