Phyllis Snyder of Green said her recipe for Fudge Nut Bars is the one most requested by her friends. She got the recipe from her mother, who is now 100 years old, and still enjoys a good fudge nut bar.
FUDGE NUT BARS
For the dough:
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
For the filling:
1 (12-oz.) package chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk (such as Eagle Brand)
2 tbsp. butter or margarine
½ tsp. salt
1 cup chopped nuts
2 tsp. vanilla
Cream together butter and brown sugar. Mix in eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Add dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt. Blend well; add rolled oats. Mix well and set aside, then make filling.
In a saucepan over boiling water, mix together chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, 2 tablespoons butter and ½ teaspoon salt. Stir until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat; stir in nuts and vanilla. Spread about ⅔ of cookie dough in bottom of a greased 15½-by-10½-inch jelly roll pan.
Cover with fudge filling. Dot with the remainder of the cookie dough. Pat down a little. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cut into small bars. Cool in the pan. These cookies freeze well.
Makes about 6 dozen.
