fruit and chocolate dream bars

this recipe came from the nestle toll house best-loved cookies book

Fruit and Chocolate Dream Bars

Prep time: 1hr 25min

Yields: 24bars

Ingredients

Crust:

1 ¼ c. all-purpose flour

½ c. granulated sugar

½ c. cold butter

Topping:

2/3 c. all-purpose flour

½ c. chopped pecans

1/3 c. packed brown sugar

6 Tbsp butter, melted

½ c. raspberry or strawberry jam

1 (11.5oz) pkge milk chocolate chips

Directions

Crust: combine flour and granulated sugar in medium bowl.  Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Press onto bottom of greased 9in square baking pan.  Bake in preheated 375 F degree oven for 18-22min or until set but not brown.

Topping: combine flour, pecans, and brown sugar in same bowl.  Add melted butter and mix until resembles coarse crumbles.  Spread jam over hot crust.  Sprinkle with topping and chocolate chips.  Bake at 375 degrees F for 15-20min or until golden brown.  Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Cut into bars.