Chocolate Chip Raspberry Bars

Descripton
Cut into about 32 bars.

Ingredients

 * 1½ cups all-purpose flour
 * ½ cup sugar
 * ½ tsp baking powder
 * ½ tsp salt
 * ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
 * 1 egg, beaten
 * ¼ cup milk
 * ¼ tsp vanilla extract
 * ¾ cup raspberry preserves
 * 1 cup Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

 * 1) Heat oven to 400°F.
 * 2) Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
 * 3) Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
 * 4) Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
 * 5) Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer until well blended.
 * 6) Reserve ½ cup mixture for topping.
 * 7) Spread remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared pan (this will be a very thin layer).
 * 8) Spread preserves evenly over dough; sprinkle chocolate chips over top.
 * 9) Drop reserved dough by ½ teaspoons over chips.
 * 10) Bake 25 minutes or until golden.
 * 11) Cool completely in pan on wire rack.