German Chocolate-Pecan Pie Bars

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup firmly brown sugar packed
• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 0.8 cup butter cold cubed
• 0.8 cup plus light
• 3 large eggs lightly beaten
• 1.8 cups flour all-purpose
• 3 cups pecan halves and pieces 
• 0.8 cup powdered sugar 
• 1.5 cups semisweet chocolate morsels 
• 1 cup coconut or sweetened flaked
• 0.3 cup cocoa unsweetened

Equipment

• food processor
• frying pan
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack
• aluminum foil
• cutting board

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
3. Line bottom and sides of a 13- x 9-inch pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides. Lightly grease foil.
4. Pulse flour and next 3 ingredients in a food processor 5 to 6 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press mixture on bottom and 3/4 inch up sides of prepared pan.
5. Bake crust at 350 for 15 minutes.
6. Remove from oven, and sprinkle chocolate morsels over crust. Cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 minutes).
7. Whisk together brown sugar and next 3 ingredients until smooth. Stir in coconut and toasted pecans, and spoon into prepared crust.
8. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden and set. Cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Chill 1 hour. Lift baked bars from pan, using foil sides as handles.
9. Transfer to a cutting board; cut into bars.
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