Coconut Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Gooey Bars

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 2 cups flaked sweetened coconut
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• Optional glaze:
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tsp vegetable oil or coconut oil

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish or line with parchment paper.
3. Combine flour, salt, oats, coconut, and brown sugar in a large bowl of electric mixer and mix at low speed.
4. Add butter and continue mixing until a crumbly dough forms. Add egg and vanilla extract and continue mixing until combined. Stir in chocolate and butterscotch chips.
5. Reserve 1-1/2 cups of dough for topping. Press remaining dough into bottom prepared baking dish. (Sprinkle on some more chocolate chips if desired.)
6. Bake for 10 minutes.