Mud Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
• 2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• salt, pinch
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• salt, pinch

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees
• 2 generously grease 9x13 pan.
• 3 cream 1 cup butter with sugar in a large bowl.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 mix in oats, flour, vanilla, baking soda and salt.
• 6 stir in 1 cup walnuts and set aside.
• 7 combine milk and chocolate in top of double boiler set over hot water and stir until chocolate melts.
• 8 add remaining ingredients and blend well.
• 9 spoon 2/3 of the oat mixture into prepared pan, compacting with a fork. spread chocolate mixture over top.
• 10 crumble remaining oat mixture and chocolate and spread with a fork.
• 11 bake until golden, 25 to 30 minutes.
• 12 cool.
• 13 cut into 2 inch bars.