Holiday Goodies: Hip Padders

Here's a nice, easy bar cookie with a yummy chocolate filling. I think the name speaks for itself.

Hip Padders

Filling
1 6 oz package (1 cup) chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Crust
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup nuts

Heat oven to 350. Mix filling ingredients in a medium saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted and blended. Set aside.

Cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, soda and salt in a separate bowl, then blend into creamed mixture. Stir in oatmeal.

Press 2/3 of crust mixture into the bottom of 9x13 pan. Pour chocolate filling over crust. Crumble remaining crust mixture over filling, then sprinkle with nuts. Bake at 350 for 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown and filling is set. Cool and cut into bars.