Ilene’s Chocolate-oatmeal Revel Bars

Pride is one chief cause of undue anger. It is because men are proud, and exalt themselves in their own hearts, that they are revengeful, and are apt to be excited, and to make great things out of little ones that may be against themselves. Yea, they even treat as vices things that are in themselves virtues, when they think their honor is touched, or when their will is crossed. And it is pride that makes men so unreasonable and rash in their anger, and raises it to such a high degree, and continues it so long, and often keeps it up in the form of habitual malice… If men sought not chiefly their own private and selfish interests, but the glory of God and the common good, then their spirit would be a great deal more stirred up in God's cause than in their own; and they would not be prone to hasty, rash, inconsiderate, immoderate, and long-continued wrath, with any who might have injured or provoked them; but they would in a great measure forget themselves for God's sake, and from their zeal for the honor of Christ. The end they would aim at, would be, not making themselves great, or getting their own will, but the glory of God and the good of their fellow-beings.

Jonathan Edwards

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Butter, softened don't use
		margerine…spoils the
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2	c	Brown sugar, packed
2		Eggs
2	t	Vanilla
2 1/2	c	Flour
1	t	Baking soda
3	c	Rolled oats, uncooked
12	oz	Chocolate chips, 2 cups
2	T	Butter, additional
1		14 oz sweetened condensed
		milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a jelly roll pan. In large
mixer bowl, cream the 1 cup butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, one and
a time, and beat until fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Add flour and baking
soda, and mix well. Stir in (by hand) rolled oats. Spread 1/2 to 3/4
of the mixture into the jelly roll pan, and pat down evenly.  In small
heavy saucepan, combine chocolat chips, milk, and 2  tablespoons
butter. Stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted.  Pour
chocolate mixture evenly over the oat mixture in the pan. Dot  with
reserved oat mixture.  Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the edges are
browned and the center  feels firm. Cool in the pan, then cut into
small bars.  ***Note: Gosh, these are simple...just my style...and they
are soooo  rich. Be sure to cut them into small bars.  Last year I sent
these often to the kids at college. They were a  continual request...
For PMS symptoms....bake this recipe. Take them out of the oven and
cut into squares while still warm. Pour a huge glass of milk. Fill a
plate up with the bars, and take bars and milk into the living room.
Turn the tv on to an old Jimmy Stewart movie...any one will do. Watch
movie; eat bars; cry; wipe eyes. Repeat as often as necessary......
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by "Sharon H. Frye" <shfrye@PEN.K12.VA.US> on
Sep 16, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4818 Calories From Fat: 1131 Total Fat: 138g Cholesterol: 434.3mg Sodium: 1578.5mg Potassium: 1098.2mg Carbohydrates: 888.3g Fiber: 28.5g Sugar: 430g Protein: 60.4g