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Holiday Chocolate Almond Bars

Source of Recipe


Darlene






List of Ingredients



• 1-1/2 cups unsifted flour
  
• 2/3 cup sugar
  
• 3/4 cup cold butter or margarine
  
• 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  
• 1 egg
  
• 2 cups almonds, toasted and chopped
  
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
  
• 1 tsp solid shortening
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).
   
   
2. Combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Press onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
   
   
3. Melt 1 cup chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk; remove from heat. Cool slightly; beat in egg. Stir in almonds and extract. Spread over prepared crust. Bake 25 minutes or until set. Cool.
   
   
4. Melt remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips with the shortening; drizzle over bars. Chill 10 minutes, or until set.
   
   Cut into bars.