Chocolate Streusel Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) or 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick)
• 1 egg
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided (12-oz. pkg.)
• 1 cup nuts, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f
• 2 grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• 3 stir together flour, sugar and cocoa in large bowl.
• 4 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 5 add egg; mix well.
• 6 set aside 1-1/2 cups mixture.
• 7 press remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared pan.
• 8 bake 10 minutes.
• 9 meanwhile, in medium microwave-safe bowl, place sweetened condensed milk and 1 cup chocolate chips; stir.
• 10 microwave at high (100%) 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred; pour over crust.
• 11 add nuts and remaining chips to reserved crumb mixture. sprinkle over top.
• 12 bake an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is almost set.
• 13 cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• 14 cut into 36 bars.