Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter, room temp
• 1 cup raspberry jam
• 1 -8 ounce cream cheese, softened
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups vanilla chips or 2 cups chocolate chips, melted
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons shortening

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 combine crust ingredients (cut in butter with pastry cutter); press into 13x9 pan; bake 15-18 minutes.
• 3 spread jam over warm crust; set aside.
• 4 in a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and milk until smooth, add melted vanilla chips, continue beating until smooth; spread over jam.
• 5 cool completely; chill for one hour.
• 6 for glaze: melt chips and shortening, stir until smooth, spread over chilled filling; chill for 10 minutes more (set).
• 7 cut into small bars, chill another hour (practice restraint!).
• 8 store in fridge.
• 9 substitute: imho there is nothing better than raspberry jam, but i suppose you could use strawberry or even apricot or orange marmalade for a whole 'nother flavor!