Description
A recipe for Chocolate Crumb Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
  
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 2 cups (12-ounce package) Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate
  
• Morsels, divided
  
• 1 can (14 ounces) Nestle Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation
PREHEAT oven to 350F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

BEAT butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in flour, sugar and salt until crumbly. With floured fingers, press 2 cups crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan; reserve remaining mixture. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

COMBINE 1 cup morsels and sweetened condensed milk in small, heavy-duty saucepan. Warm over low heat, stirring until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract. Spread over hot crust.

STIR nuts and remaining morsels into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over chocolate filling. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Nutrition
Nutritional information per serving: 200 calories; 90 calories from fat; 10g total fat; 7g saturated fat; 20mg cholesterol; 80mg sodium; 23g carbohydrate; <1g fiber; 16g sugars; 3g protein

Serves
Makes 2 1/2 dozen bars

Variations
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