I love oatmeal! It’s one of my favorite breakfasts. My family makes something we call Oat-ole (that I’ll share one of these days, when I finally get a good picture of it, do you KNOW how hard it is to take a pretty picture of a bowl of tan mush?). My favorite chocolate chip cookies are made with ground oatmeal. AND it’s especially good with CHOCOLATE, Mmmmmm!
These oatmeal bars are a family favorite at our house, I’ll make a pan and it’s gone in a day. I usually cut them even smaller than this so that my kids and husband take all day to eat them, not a few hours. This is a great dessert to make for a platter to take to a party or other gathering cause they stack easily aren’t too messy and taste great!
This is a year round treat for me, a great treat I can make last min because we always have the ingredients around. The kids love helping pat the dough into the pan too, so it can be a fun family activity too! Do you have a favorite treat you enjoy making with your family? Or a great recipe you make year round (so many treats have a seasonal feel)?
Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 C butter softened
- 2 C packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 C oats
- 2 1/2 C all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp vanilla
Filling
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 12 oz chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C chopped pecans
Instructions
- preheat the oven to 350
- in your mixer beat the butter and brown sugar.
- Add the eggs and mix.
- then add the oats, flour, salt, soda and vanilla and mix completely.
- Press 2/3rds of the dough into the bottom of a large jelly roll pan (11x17 pan)
- In a saucepan melt the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips and butter.
- Once it's melted add the vanilla, salt and pecans then pour over the flattened dough.
- Take the last 1/3rd of the dough and break it up, press a small section of it flat and lay it onto the chocolate layer
- Bake 20-25 mins until the top starts to turn golden
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Kara
These are a favorite at our house too! I love pretty much anything with sweetened condensed milk. 🙂
Ashlee
right? love sweetened condensed milk!
Cher @ Designs by Studio C
Sounds fabulous, Ashlee! This is a recipe that even I can tackle! Thanks so much!
Ashlee
It’s such an easy one too! We make it all the time!
Rachel
is that soda or baking soda in the recipe?
Ashlee
baking soda
capturing joy with kristen duke
YUM YUM YUM!!
Ashlee
awwww thanks Kristen! I love these bars!
Jennifer Weingroff
I cant wait to make them! They look delicious! My question is…whats the name of that mixer!?
Ashlee Marie
It’s a bosch universal mixer – Their website is here http://bit.ly/Ilovemybosch I have a full review here http://ashleemarie.com/bosch-universal-mixer-review-love-bosch-series/
Evelyn Kendall
I make theses all the time love them
Ashlee Marie
Def a favorite at our house too!