Dark Chocolate Crumb Bars

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup butter softened
• 1.7 cups nestle® toll house® chocolate morsels dark divided
• 14 ounce nestle® carnation® condensed milk sweetened canned
• 1.8 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.3 cup granulated sugar 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• wire rack
• blender
• baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
2. Beat butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in flour, sugar and salt until crumbly. With floured fingers, press 2 cups crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan; reserve remaining mixture.
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
4. Combine 1 cup morsels and sweetened condensed milk in small, heavy-duty saucepan. Warm over low heat, stirring until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract.
5. Spread over hot crust.
6. Stir nuts and remaining 2/3 cup morsels into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over chocolate filling.
7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.
8. Cut into bars.