Chocolate Nut Crumb Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels, divided
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 beat butter in a large mixing bowl until creamy.
• 2 beat in flourm, sugar and salt until crumbly.
• 3 with floured fingers, press 2 cups crumb mixture onto bottom of a greased 13x9" baking dish.
• 4 reserve remaining crumb mixture.
• 5 bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 10-12 mins or until golden brown.
• 6 warm 1-1/2 cups morsels and sweetend condensed milk in small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth.
• 7 stir in vanilla.
• 8 spread over hot crust.
• 9 stir walnuts and remaining morsels into reserved crumb mixture, sprinkle over chocolate filling.
• 10 bake in 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until center is set.
• 11 cool in pan on wire rack.
• 12 cut into 2" squares.