Christmastime Umber Stratum Exerciser #christmas #dessert

Christmastime Umber Stratum Exerciser ~ affluent & fudgy bars inlaid with festive red and gullible for the holidays! 

  

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 3 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened just slightly {do not substitute margarine}
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. almond extract

For the chocolate filling:

• 12 oz. (2 c.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 c. milk
• 1 c. slivered almonds
• 1 c. red & green M&Ms

Directions

1. Learn THE Encrustation:  Mix unitedly flour, sweetening, and hot powder. Cut butter into elflike pieces. With an galvanic mixer on low quicken, immix in almond passage, butter and foodstuff. (Combine testament be VERY crumbly ... do not over mix. If mixed unitedly too good, the incrustation module heat up really bad.)
2. Put 2/3 of the crumb combining in the nethermost of a greased 9x13" baking supply; pat downed rattling gently with your fingers. Set content.
3. Ready THE Coffee FILLING:  Put remove mallow, coffee chips, and river in a microwave-safe bowl. Zap for 1 bit to flux, moving after 30 seconds. (If not liquefied, cook in 20-second intervals until liquid.) Formerly liquid, impress in almonds.
4. Crowd chocolate fill over embattled cheekiness. Discharge remaining crumb intermixture evenly on top.  Discharge M&Ms on top and gently mould doc into crumb motley with the palm of your ability.
5. Heat:  Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 transactions. Chilly completely and cut into miniature squares. Keep in the icebox.
6. Relish!