Categories: Cookies, Bar 
      Yield: 36 bars 
  
    1/3 c  Butter or margarine; melted 
      2 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked 
           -- (quick or old-fashioned) 
    1/2 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed 
    1/4 c  Dark corn syrup 
    1/2 ts Salt 
  1 1/2 ts Vanilla 
      6 oz Semi-sweet chocolate pieces 
           -- melted 
    1/4 c  Chopped nutmeats 
  
  Pour butter over oats; mix thoroughly.  Add sugar, syrup, salt and 
  vanilla; blend well.  Firmly pack into well-greased 11 x 7-inch metal 
  baking pan.  Bake in preheated very hot oven (450 F.) about 12 minutes. 
  (Mixture will be brown and bubbly.)  Cool thoroughly. 
   
  Loosen edges; invert pan and tap firmly against bread board or cutting 
  board.  Spread with chocolate.  Sprinkle with nutmeats.  Chill; cut in 
  small bars.  Store in refrigerator. 
   
  Source: Our Favorites for family and friends 
  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias