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Holiday Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars

Recipe by Karen Brickhouse

Makes 36 bars

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.


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Creamy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

If you like Reese peanut butter cups, you will love this recipe.

CRUST

  • one stick butter [1/2cup]
  • one 9-inch pie crust

CHOCOLATE LAYERS

  • 15 ounces milk chocolate chips
    (about 2½ cups)

PEANUT BUTTER FILLING

  • 1½ cups creamy peanut butter
  • 1 stick (½ cup) salted butter, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°
  2. Open the pie and crumble it.
  3. Add butter and mix together completely.
  4. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of an 8-by-8-inch baking pan and bake for 10 minutes.
  5. Cool to room temperature.
  6. Melt chocolate in double boiler over slightly simmering water. Or microwave the chocolate, stirring every 30 seconds, until completely melted.
  7. Pour half of the melted chocolate into the pan and smooth evenly over crust.
  8. Place pan in refrigerator Keep remaining chocolate warm.
  9. Prepare the peanut butter filling: mix peanut butter and butter together until smooth using spoon.
  10. Slowly beat powdered sugar and then add vanilla. Beat until smooth. Spread peanut butter filling over the chilled chocolate layer.
  11. Finish by pouring remaining warm chocolate over filling and spreading smooth.
  12. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour or until firm.
  13. Cut into bars to serve.

Yield: 24 to 36 bars

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