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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Spray a 9x13 baking dish with baking spray. Set aside.
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To make the crust:
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Stir together the flour and brown sugar in a medium bowl.
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Add the cubed butter.
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Mix and squeeze the butter with the flour and sugar mixture until coarse crumbs form.
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Press the coarse crumbs evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
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Bake the crust for 10 minutes. Remove and cool.
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To make the filling:
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While the crust is baking whisk the eggs, granulated sugar, corn syrup, salt, and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
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Whisk the cooled melted butter into the egg and sugar mixture, and stir in the pecans.
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Pour the filling mixture over the crust mixture and tilt the pan back and forth to evenly distribute the filling liquid evenly over the entire crust.
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Manually distribute the pecans evenly over the entire crust and then sprinkle the chocolate chips over top.
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Cover the dish with tin foil and bake for 15 minutes.
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Remove the dish from the oven, uncover, and return the dish to the oven to continue baking for an additional 30 minutes.
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Remove from the oven, cool completely and cut the into bars for serving.