Chocolate Oat Square Extravaganza!

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk choc)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350; grease a 13x9 pan; set aside.
• 2 cream butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• 3 in another bowl, combine oats, flour, salt, baking soda; stir into creamed mixture.
• 4 divide oat-butter mixture into thirds--press two-thirds into pan for a crust.
• 5 in saucepan, combine milk, choc. chips, butter and salt; cook & stir over low heat until choc. is melted.
• 6 remove pan from heat, stir in nuts and vanilla; spread chocolate-nut mixture over crust.
• 7 spoon-sprinkle remaining crust-stuff over choco-nut stuff.
• 8 bake for 25 minutes until golden brown; cool, then cut into squares.