Chocolate Almond Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup cold butter
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups almonds, toasted and chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon shortening

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until crumbly.
• 3 press on bottom of 13 x 9 pan.
• 4 bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 5 melt 1 cup chocolate chips with condensed milk; remove from heat.
• 6 cool slightly; beat in egg.
• 7 stir in almonds and extract.
• 8 spread over prepared crust.
• 9 bake 25 minutes or until set. cool.
• 10 melt remaining chocolate chips with shortening.
• 11 drizzle over bars.
• 12 chill 10 minutes or until set.
• 13 cut into bars. store covered at room temperature.