Hazel's Bars

I don't know who Hazel was, or how I got her recipe, but this is a nice bar cookie that is fairly easy to make. I've had the recipe for over 30 years.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Yields: 36-48 bars

Ingredients

• BASE

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1  cup  graham flour

• TOPPING

• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1  cup chocolate chips
• 1  cup  nuts, chopped (walnuts or pecans are good)

Directions

1. BASE - Preheat oven to 350*. Mix butter, brown sugar and graham flour to form a dough. Pat evenly into a 9" x 13" pan that you have sprayed with cooking spray (or greased with butter). Bake @ 350* for 12-15 minutes.
2. TOPPING - Lower oven temperature to 325*. Beat eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, flour and baking powder for 1 minute on "low" speed of a mixer.
3. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
4. Spread over crust.
5. Return to oven and bake @ 325* for 25-30 minutes.