Gooey Goodness

Good evening! I have successfully been baking for the past 4 hours and am still waiting for crumb bar number four to get done. These desserts were pretty simple in their content and didn't require too much time, it's just that I am doing four of them instead of one. My husband came home from work and thought of course that the house smelled so divine. I decided I would give him a little bite, since I will be cutting these up into squares anyway. The taste was amazing and he immediately made some coffee to enjoy the rest of his bit.

If you are craving something with chocolate, I recommend this crumb bar and like I mentioned in the earlier post, you won't need much to fill your desire. It's rich and gooey and is enhanced by a good cup of Swedish coffee...or whatever kind of coffee you prefer.

Here are some pictures of the crumb bar in process. Excuse the blurry pictures...crap camera.

Beginning with the crust

Chopped chocolate bits

Crust before being baked

Condensed milk...in Swedish

Chocolate and condensed milk together makes
for yummy goodness, that will stick to your fingers
if your not careful

Pouring the gooey liquid onto the baked crust

Ready to go in the oven

Fresh out of the oven and smelling oh so good

Coffee making for a great mouth watering experience

Cup of hot coffee with a little milk drizzling
down the side and a small piece of the
chocolate crumb bar

Chocolate Crumb Bar recipe:

1 C butter or margarine (softened)
1 3/4 C flour
1/2 C sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2 C semi sweet chocolate chips
1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) I substituted with oats and coconut shavings

Preheat oven 175C or 350F. 13x9 in pan
Beat butter until creamy. Beat in flour, sugar and salt until crumbly. With floured fingers, press 2 cups of crumb mixture onto the bottom of baking pan; reserve remaining mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Combine 1 cup of morsels and condensed milk in a small pan, warm over low heat, stirring until melted and smooth. Stir in vanilla, then spread over hot crust. Stir in nuts/oats and coconut pieces and the remaining morsels into the reserve crumble and sprinkle over the chocolate filling. Bake for 25-30 minutes until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Enjoy this delicious, mouthwatering dessert!

Until next time bake your things with love...I heard it ministers to people's hearts.

Barefoot and Baking in the kitchen