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Chocolate Nut Bars

These incredibly simple, delicious and versatile cookie/bar are now a huge favorite with family and friends. You can change this recipe into several different kinds of cookies/bars with one or two additions. Get creative and let us know what you come up with, our email is:
elizabeth@thehouseofobrien.com
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cups crushed graham crackers
  • 1/2 cup/stick melted butter
  • 2 cups (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
  • 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk (14oz)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup nuts, chopped (any kind of nuts you wish)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375°
  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine crumbs and butter and stir to combine.
  • In a 13x9-inch baking pan (ungreased) take crumb mixture and press it into the pan firmly. Bake for 8 minutes and take out of the oven and turn the oven down to 350°
  • Meanwhile, in a sauce pan over low heat melt 1 cup of the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk together. Once chocolate chips are melted take off heat. Add vanilla. Stir to combine.
    In a small bowl take the remaining 1 cup of chocolate chips and chopped nuts and stir together.
  • Spread chocolate/sweetened condensed milk over cooked graham cracker crumbs. The take the chocolate chip/nut mixture and spread on top of that and press down firmly.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes in the 350° oven. Cool. Chill, if desired. Cut into square bars. Store loosely covered at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
    HAPPY EATING!!