Chocolate Almond Bars
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup cold butter
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups almonds, toasted and chopped
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- 1 tsp. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 350°F. Combine flour and sugar in small bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press onto bottom of 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- Step 2
BAKE 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Step 3
MELT 1 cup chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk in medium saucepan. Cool slightly. Beat in egg. Stir in almonds and almond extract. Spread over partially baked crust.
- Step 4
BAKE an additional 25 minutes or until set. Cool.
- Step 5
MELT remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips with shortening in small saucepan. Drizzle over bars. Chill 10 minutes or until set. Cut into bars.
- Step 6
*To toast nuts: Place nuts in dry nonstick skillet. Cook over medium heat, shaking pan until nuts are lightly browned.
Eagle Brand is a trademark of Eagle Family Foods Group, LLC, used by permission.
Serving size
(1 bar of 36)
- Calories 190
- Calories from Fat100g
- Total Fat 11g
- Saturated Fat 4g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 20mg
- Sodium 50mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 20g
- Dietary Fiber 2g
- Sugars 14g
- Protein 4g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet