Double-chocolate Mint Bars

Description

• Makes about 24 bars and about ⅓ cup glaze

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup Hershey's cocoa
• ⅓ cup packed light brown sugar
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1¼ cups (2½ sticks) butter or margarine, divided
• 3 eggs, slightly beaten
• ½ tsp mint extract, divided
• 2 cups (12-oz pkg) Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• Vanilla glaze (recipe follows)

Vanilla glaze

• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 5 teaspoons milk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedures

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
3. In large bowl, stir together flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
4. Cut in ¾ cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
5. Beat in eggs and ¼ teaspoon mint extract; spread mixture into pan.
6. Bake 23 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. In saucepan over low heat, melt ½ cup butter with chocolate chips, stirring constantly.
8. Stir in sweetened condensed milk.
9. Remove from heat; stir in remaining ¼ teaspoon mint extract.
10. Pour over baked layer.
11. Let stand 20 minutes or until slightly set.
12. Drizzle vanilla glaze over top.
13. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
14. Cut into bars.

Vanilla glaze

1. Mix ingredient together until smooth.