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      Title: Chocolate Oat Squares
 Categories: Cookies, Chocolate, Grains, Nuts
      Yield: 48 servings
 
      1 c  Butter; +2 tb, softened,
           - divided
      2 c  Brown sugar; packed
      2 lg Eggs; room temperature
      4 ts Vanilla extract; divided
      3 c  Quick-cooking oats
  2 1/2 c  A-P flour
  1 1/2 ts Salt; divided
      1 ts Baking soda
     14 oz Can sweetened condensed
           - milk
      2 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped
 
  Set oven @ 350 F/175 C.
  
  In a bowl, beat 1 cup butter and brown sugar until light and
  fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and 2 ts vanilla. Combine oats,
  flour, 1 ts salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture
  and mix well. Press two-thirds of oat mixture into a greased
  15x10x1" baking pan.
  
  In a large saucepan, combine milk, chocolate chips, and remaining
  2 tb butter and 1/2 ts salt. Cook and stir over low heat until
  chocolate is melted. Remove from heat; stir in walnuts and
  remaining 2 ts vanilla. Spread over crust. Sprinkle with remaining
  oat mixture.
  
  Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Cut
  into squares.
  
  Recipe by Jennifer Eilts, Lincoln, Nebraska
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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