Recipe - Chocolate Oatrage Snack Cake

1 cup Butter or margarine; soft
1 One half cup Oatmeal; quick OR
Old fashioned, uncooked
One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
2 Eggs
1 cup Walnuts; chopped
1 teaspoon Vanilla
12 ounce Semisweet chocolate chips:
divided

In large mixer bowl, mix butter, oats, flour, brown
sugar, eggs, walnuts and vanilla. Beat 3 minutes at
medium speed or until mixture is light and fluffy.
Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Spread batter into 8"
square microwavesafe baking dish; cover with wax
paper. Cook on HIGH power 4 minutes; rotate dish 1/4
turn. Cook on HIGH power 45 minutes longer or until
top of cakeappears dry and bottom is an even color.
Sprinkle remaining 1 cup chocolate chips over top of
warm cake. Let stand 10 minutes, then spread chocolate
evenly over cake. Cool directly on counter top. Cut
into serving pieces.

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