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Ingredients
- 2½ cups (315 g) AP flour
- 1 t baking soda
- ½ t salt
- 8 oz (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 t instant espresso
- 1 t vanilla
- 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 7 oz (2 cups) roughly chopped pecans
- For the chocolate filling:
- 1 14 (or 15) oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 12 oz semi sweet chocolate (I used Sharffen Berger)
- 2 T unsalted butter
- pinch of salt
- 1 t vanilla
- Vanilla Salt for sprinkling on top of the bars
- whole grains
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