Recipe - Chocolate Filled Walnut Oatmeal Bars

One half cup Margarine
2/3 cup Cocoa
One fourth cup Sugar
14 ounce Can sweetened condensed milk
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Margarine; softened
2 cup Packed light brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One half teaspoon Powdered instant coffee
3 cup Quick oats
2 One half cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Chopped walnuts; divided

Melt margarine in Microwave. Add cocoa and sugar and stir. Add sweetened
condensed milk. Microwave and stir to thick, smooth consistency. Remove
from oven. Add 1 One half tsp. vanilla. Heat oven to 350 F. In large mixer bowl,
beat softened margarine and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1
tsp. vanilla and coffee powder. Beat well. In separate bowl, mix oats,
flour, soda, salt and 1 cup of chopped nuts. Gradually add to butter
mixture, the last One fourth by hand. Remove 2 cups of mixture. Press rest into a
15 1/2x10 1/2" pan, ungreased. Top with chocolate filling. Sprinkle on rest
of oat mixture and top with last One half cup nuts. Press down lightly. Bake at
350 F. for 25 minutes, or until golden. Cool well before cutting into bars.
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Per serving: 410 Calories; 14g Fat (31% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 64g
Carbohydrate; 38mg Cholesterol; 234mg Sodium

Recipe by: Unknown

From The Chocolate Archives, Dec 1997, http://www.choco.com