Holiday Chocolate Peppermint Bars
(from marita.gaines’s recipe box)
Source: RecipeThing user SusanLiz
Categories: Bake, Chocolate, Dessert, Holiday, Peppermint
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup cold butter
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 egg
- 2 cups crushed candy canes
- 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
- 1 tsp. shortening
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350ยบ.
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Combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Press on bottom of 13×9-inch baking pan. Bake 20 minutes.
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Melt 1 cup of the chips with milk; remove from heat. Cool slightly beat in egg. Stir in extract Spread over crust.
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Bake 25 minutes. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Cool
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Melt remaining 1/2 cup chips with shortening; drizzle over bars. Chill 10 minutes.
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Cut into bars.