Chocolate Filled Walnut-oatmeal Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon powdered instant coffee
• 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts, divided
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2/3 cup hershey's cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended.
• 2 add eggs, vanilla and instant coffee and beat until fluffy.
• 3 stir together oats, flour, baking soda, salt and 1 cup walnuts; gradually stir into butter mixture with spoon (dough will be thick).
• 4 set aside 2 cups dough.
• 5 press remaining dough evenly onto bottom of ungreased 15-1/2x10-1/2x1-inch jelly-roll pan.
• 6 prepare chocolate filling; spread evenly over dough.
• 7 crumble reserved dough evenly over filling. sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts. bake 25 minutes or until top is golden brown (chocolate will be soft).
• 8 cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.
• 9 about 4 dozen bars.
• 10 chocolate filling: melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat. stir in cocoa and sugar. add sweetened condensed milk; cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and thick. remove from heat. stir in vanilla.