Chocolate Revel Crumb Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 in a mixing bowl combine flour, quick ccoking oatmeal (uncooked) brown sugar and baking soda.
• 3 cut in 1/2 cup butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 remove 1/2 cup of the crumb mixture adding chopped nuts and set aside.
• 5 press the remainder into the bottom of ungreased 9" pan.
• 6 in a small saucepan, combine chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and 1 tablespoon of butter.
• 7 cook over low heat heat until the chcolate melts, stirring occasionally.
• 8 remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• 9 spread the chocolate mixture over the crumb crust; top with the crumb/nut mixture pressing lightly into the surface.
• 10 bake 30-35 minutes, or until the top is golden.
• 11 cool in pan before cutting into bars.