#2845 - Chocolate Maple Bars

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup cold butter (cut into small pieces)
2 beaten eggs
1 - 14oz. can Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated)
1 1/2 tsp. maple flavoring
2 cups chopped nuts
1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits

In a bowl add flour, white sugar and salt--stir. Add the cold butter--mix with a pastry blender to make crumbs. Add 1 beaten egg--stir well. Press the mixture into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. In a mixer add condensed milk, 1 egg and maple flavoring--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chopped nuts--stir until mixed. When crust is baked, remove from oven and sprinkle the chocolate bits all over the top. Spread the condensed milk mixture all over the top. Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 more minutes. Cool completely. Cut into bars or squares.