Chip and Nut Blondie Cake Bars

Name: Chip and Nut Blondie Cake Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 8 x 8 inch pan, 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 118.29 ml butter, softened (or margarine, softened); 78.78 ml Splenda brown sugar blend; 1 egg; 14.79 ml milk; 9.85 ml vanilla extract; 236.59 ml all-purpose flour; 2.46 ml baking soda; 1.23 ml salt; 226.79 g package unsweetened chocolate chips (recipe actually calls for HERSHEY'S Sugar Free Chocolate Chips); 118.29 ml nuts, coarsely chopped; 1.23 ml shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spreads or oil)

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 1 8 x 8 inch pan
Serves:: 24

ingredients

118.29 ml butter, softened (or margarine, softened)
78.78 ml Splenda brown sugar blend
1 egg
14.79 ml milk
9.85 ml vanilla extract
236.59 ml all-purpose flour
2.46 ml baking soda
1.23 ml salt
226.79 g package unsweetened chocolate chips (recipe actually calls for HERSHEY'S Sugar Free Chocolate Chips)
118.29 ml nuts, coarsely chopped
1.23 ml shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spreads or oil)

directions

Heat oven to 350°F Grease 8- or 9-inch square baking pan.
Beat butter and brown sugar blend in large bowl until well blended. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
Set aside 2 tablespoons chocolate chips. Stir the remaining chips and nuts into batter. Spread batter in prepared pan.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until cake begins to pull from sides of pan, toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and surface is lightly browned. (Do not overbake.) Cool completely in pan on wire rack. (As it cools the center will look underbaked.).
Place reserved 2 tablespoons chips and shortening in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave at MEDIUM an additional 10 seconds at at time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and smooth when stirred. Drizzle melted chocolate over surface of cake; allow to set. Cut into bars. About 24 bars.