Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup pecans or 3/4 cup almonds, finely chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup butter, cold
• 12 ounces raspberry jam, seedless
• 1 2/3 cups milk chocolate chips

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

flour, sugar, pecans, egg, butter, raspberry, milk chocolate chips

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/red-raspberry-chocolate-bars-250096 (may not work)