Almond-toffee Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate piece (6 ounces)
• 1 cup almond toffee bits
• 1 cup almonds (sliced or chopped)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325 degree f.
• 2 melt butter or margarine in a 13x9x2-inch baking pan in the oven (about 6 minutes).
• 3 remove pan from oven.
• 4 sprinkle oats and crumbs evenly over melted butter or margarine; press lightly onto bottom of pan using the back of a large metal spoon.
• 5 sprinkle the chocolate pieces, toffee bits, and almonds evenly over crumb mixture.
• 6 drizzle all with sweetened condensed milk.
• 7 bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until edges are bubbly and center is just lightly browned.
• 8 remove from oven and immediately run a narrow metal spatula or table knife around edges of pan to loosen the cookie.
• 9 cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cut into bars.
• 10 makes 48 bars.
• 11 toffee-fruit bars: substitute 1/2 cup snipped dried apricots for 1/2 cup of the chocolate pieces. continue as above.
• 12 make-ahead tip: cover pan and store in the refrigerator up to 3 days.