COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE STREUSEL BARS

COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE STREUSEL BARS image

Yield 36 Bars

Number Of Ingredients 14

4 tablespoons powdered instant coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon water
1 can (14-ounces) sweetened condensed milk
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups uncooked rolled oats or quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup walnut pieces
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1-1/3 cups (8-ounces) Hershey's Chocolate
1 teaspoon oil

Steps:

Heat oven to 350^F. and lightly grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan. 1. Moisten coffee with vanilla and water in medium bowl. Stir until coffee is dissolved. 2. Blend sweetened condensed milk into coffee mixture and set aside. 3. Beat butter and brown sugar until blended in large mixer bowl. 4. Stir together flour, oats, walnuts, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture, blending well. 5. Remove 1-2/3 cups oats mixture; set aside. 6. Add egg to remaining mixture, blending until large crumbs form. 7. Press egg/crumb mixture on bottom of prepared pan. 8. Gently spread coffee mixture on top, spreading evenly. 9. Set aside 1/4 cup chocolate bar pieces; sprinkle the remaining pieces over coffee mixture. 10. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over top, pressing crumbs down lightly. 11. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned and edges are bubbly. Cool in pan on wire rack. 12. Melt remaining 1/4 cup chocolate with a teaspoon of oil in microwave (30 seconds, stir, 30 seconds). Drizzle over baked bars and allow drizzle to set; cut into bars.