Chocolate oatrage snack cake
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine; soft |
| 1½ | cup | Oatmeal; quick -OR- Old fashioned, uncooked |
| ½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar; firmly packed |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | cup | Walnuts; chopped |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 12 | ounces | Semi-sweet chocolate chips: divided |
Directions
In large mixer bowl, mix butter, oats, flour, brown sugar, eggs, walnuts and vanilla. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed or until mixture is light and fluffy. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Spread batter into 8" square microwave-safe baking dish; cover with wax paper. Cook on HIGH power 4 minutes; rotate dish ¼ turn. Cook on HIGH power 4-5 minutes longer or until top of cakeappears dry and bottom is an even color. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup chocolate chips over top of warm cake. Let stand 10 minutes, then spread chocolate evenly over cake.
Cool directly on counter top. Cut into serving pieces.