White Chocolate Raspberry Bars

There are 2 recipes I make that get the most requests for recipe: White Chocolate Raspberry Bars and Cherry Almond Cake. I'll be posting both over the next week.

White Chocolate Raspberry Bars
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 c. butter, softened and cut into small pieces
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
2 eggs
18 oz. jar red raspberry preserves
1 cup vanilla chips

Heat oven to 350. Combine sugar, butter, salt and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often until well mixed (about 2 min.). Reduce speed to low. Beat, adding flour 1 cup at a time until mixture is crumbly (2 min.) Remove 1 cup of mixture and set aside. Add eggs to remaining crumb mixture. Beat until mixture forms a dough (2 min). Press evenly into 13 x 9 pan lined with parchment (not wax!) paper. Bake 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Spread preserves over hot, partially baked bars. Sprinkle with vanilla chips and then with reserved crumb mix. Continue baking for 20 minutes, or until topping is lightly browned. Cool completely and cut into bars. makes about 48 bars.