Oatmeal Fudge Bars

Submitted by akgrown

"A delicious chocolate fudge layered between oatmeal cookie dough. Easy and so yummy! From Lion House Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups quick-cooking oats (or old-fashioned)

• Fudge

• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional, I don't use them)

directions

1. Grease a 9x13 baking pan; set aside.
2. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar; add eggs and vanilla.
3. In a small bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture. Mix in oats.
4. In a heavy saucepan, mix sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, and butter; heat just until melted. Stir in vanilla and nuts if using.
5. Spread 2/3 of the oatmeal dough (will be stiff) into prepared baking pan. Spread with chocolate mixture. Drop remaining 1/3 of dough on top by spoonfuls.
6. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. Allow to cool completely (if you cut them while they are still warm at all they will be gooey and fall apart), then cut into bars.

Reviews

[Leanne]

i made this yesterday for a candle party I was hosting, and I didn't have enough dough/batter to drop onto the top. I had a little left but found i needed more of it just to fill the bottom of my pan. Mine set ok was kinda messy and very dry on the bottom I wasn't sure if it was done so I might have over cooked it. It was still a hit and got eaten right up, I am just not sure if I would make it again.

 

[fawn512]

Very yummy and addicting, i ddnt give it a 5 star because its impossible to cut this neatly even if its chilled, i don't think the chocolate fudge will ever set. I baked it for about 50min (i burnt the bottom :( ) because i'm not sure if its done baking or not, for the tester inserted still has a lot of chocolate goops UPDATE:BAke the 2nd time, perfectly done at 30min. Have to be chilled for clean cut, once these are left at room temp, chocolate starts to become gooey..

 

[MarlaM]

These were great! Followed your directions exactly and they turned out just right! The fudge is gooey, but not runny and I haven't refridgerated them at all. I made them last night and couldn't resist scooping some out while it was warm into a bowl to try - really good, would have been great with some vanilla IC. But I have to say, they are much better today. Thanks for posting.

 

[D-Train]

this is sooo delicious. it's gooey when not refrigerated, but still 100% scrumtious