Fudgy Oatmeal Cookie Bars Food

FUDGY OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in oats by hand. Press two-thirds of mixture into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. , For filling, heat butter, milk and chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat; stir in the nuts, vanilla and salt. Spread over oat mixture in pan. , Drop reserved oat mixture by teaspoonfuls onto filling. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes. Cut into bars while warm.

FUDGY OATMEAL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a separate bowl, beat the butter for 2-3 minutes until whipped. Add brown sugar and beat for another 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and continue to beat for another 1-2 minutes.
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture and mix just until barely combined. Set aside while making the chocolate layer.
• In a medium saucepan, mix all of the chocolate fudge ingredients together over low heat. Stir until everything is melted and smooth and then remove from heat.
• Press 2/3 of the oatmeal cookie dough into the bottom of a greased 9X13 pan. Spread the chocolate fudge over the oatmeal layer and then drop the remaining oatmeal cookie dough over the top.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top begins to lightly brown. Let cool completely before cutting. They can be stored and served at room temperature, but they are delicious cold from the fridge as well!

FUDGY OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13x9 pan. Mix brown sugar, 1 cup of butter, eggs and 1 tsp. of vanilla in a large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda,and 1/2 tsp. of salt.Stir in oats.Press mixture in pan.
• 2. Heat chocolate chips, condensed sweetened milk, and 2 tlbs. butter. Now this is where I add the peanut butter.Cook in 2 quart pan on low heat til chocolate is melted.Remove from heat. Stir in nuts, 1 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. salt.Spread over oatmeal mixture. Bake till golden brown 25-30 minutes.While warm cut into bars. I occasionally keep out some of the oatmeal mixture out and then apply it the top of the chocolate.

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE FUDGE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cream butter, sugar and salt in a mixer.
• Add flour and oatmeal, blend until it holds together.
• Heat milk in a pan and add chocolate chips.
• Use low heat and stir until the chips are melted and you have a smooth chocolate cream.
• Using a 9x13 pan, press 3/4 of the dough mixture in the pan, spreading and patting it to cover the whole surface.
• Pour chocolate cream over crust.
• Crumble last bit of dough over the chocolate, creating a third spotty layer.
• Bake for 30 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Cool, cut, transfer to a wax paper lined tray and allow to firm up a bit before serving- I leave them for a few hours and they become fudge-like, but they are still yummy if you eat them sooner than that.
• You can also use a smaller pan- I have used a 10" square and just baked a little longer for a thicker bar, which required a longer cooling time as well.
• Note: removing to the wax paper is necessary-- if you cool them too long in the pan they are hard to remove, as the bottom crust tends to stick to the pan.