Chocolate Chip-Pecan Bars

Chocolate Chip-Pecan Bars

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
2 cups pecan halves
2/3 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Directions:
1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
Heat oven to 350º. Mix cake mix (dry) and 1/2 cup butter in medium bowl,
using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until crumbly. Press
firmly in bottom of ungreased rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches. Bake 8
to 10 minutes or until light brown.
Sprinkle pecan halves evenly over baked layer. Heat 2/3 cup butter and the
brown sugar to boiling in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring
occasionally; boil and stir 1 minute. Spoon mixture evenly over pecans.
Bake about 20 minutes or until bubbly and light brown. Sprinkle chocolate
chips over warm bars; cool. Cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
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