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     Title: Fudge Filled Nutty Oatmeal Bars
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 servings

     1 c  Butter; softened
     2 c  Packed dark brown sugar
     2    Eggs
     2 ts Vanilla extract
     1 ts Powdered instant coffee
     3 c  Quick-cooking oats
 2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
     1 ts Baking soda
   1/2 ts Salt
 1 1/2 c  Chopped toasted walnuts
          Chocolate filling:
     1 tb Butter
     4 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate
          - broken into pieces
   1/2 c  Sugar
     1 cn Sweetened condensed milk
          - eagle brand type, 14 oz
     2 ts Vanilla extract

      Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together butter and brown sugar
 until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla and instant coffee. Beat well. Stir
 together oats, flour, baking soda, salt and 1 cup walnuts. Gradually add
 oat mixture to butter mixture, beating well until blended (batter will be
 stiff, stir by hand if necessary at this point). Remove 2 cups of the dough
 and set aside. Press remaining dough into bottom of 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 inch
 jelly roll pan.
      For filling: In medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Add
 chocolate. Cook, stirring, until smooth. Stir in sugar and sweetened
 condensed milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and sugar
 is dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Spread chocolate filling
 over crust in jelly roll pan. Sprinkle reserved dough over filling.
 Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup walnuts over all. Bake 25 minutes or until top
 is golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Serve cut into bars.
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