Chocolate Layer Crumb Bars
By gemini7366
A rich and creamy chocolate filling topped with delicious chocolate chunks.
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Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 cups (11.5-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks, divided
- 1 * 1 can (14 oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 * 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preparation
Step 1
Directions
PREHEAT oven to 350º F. 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 for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
COMBINE 1 cup chunks 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 chunks into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over chocolate filling. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.
Remember to follow baking instructions before consuming.