Recipe

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• 1 (18 1/4 oz) box chocolate cake mix
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped pecans

• 1 Set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 Grease a 13 x 9 baking pan.
• 3 Set aside 1 cup of cake mix for the filling.
• 4 For the crust: In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining cake mix, butter, and slightly beaten egg.
• 5 Stir with a fork until crumbly.
• 6 Transfer into prepared pan.
• 7 With lightly floured hands, press lightly and evenly into bottom of pan to form a crust (don't pack crust down to hard).
• 8 Bake the crust for 12 minutes (don't over bake).
• 9 Meanwhile, for filling, in a medium bowl, combine the second mixture of eggs, brown sugar, cornsyrup and vanilla.
• 10 Add the reserved 1 cup of cake mixture; stir with a fork, just until blended (do not beat, some tiny clumps will remain thats okay!).
• 11 Spread filling evenly over baked crust; sprinkle evenly with pecans.
• 12 Bake 25-30 minutes, or until the filling appears set when pan is gently shaken.
• 13 Cool completely on wire rack.
• 14 Cut into bars.