Amazing Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 (3.5 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups quick oats
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.

Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a bowl until creamy; beat in eggs until smooth. Stir pudding mix into creamed mixture, followed by vanilla extract. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl and stir flour mixture into moist ingredients. Mix oats and chocolate chips into dough. Press dough into prepared baking pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 25 minutes. Let cool before cutting into squares.