Chocolate Oat Square Extravaganza! - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups quick-cooking oats
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Gooey Filling Stuff
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet OR milk choc)
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350; grease a 13x9 pan; set aside.
Cream butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
In another bowl, combine oats, flour, salt, baking soda; stir into creamed mixture.
Divide oat-butter mixture into thirds--press two-thirds into pan for a crust.
In saucepan, combine milk, choc. chips, butter and salt; cook & stir over LOW heat until choc. is melted.
Remove pan from heat, stir in nuts and vanilla; spread chocolate-nut mixture over crust.
Spoon-sprinkle remaining crust-stuff over choco-nut stuff.
Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown; cool, then cut into squares.