Here’s a recipe for my dad, who wanted to know, “Where’s all the chocolate stuff?”

If you’re in need of a chocolaty fix in a hurry, this is the treat for you. I describe it as a cookie that’s also little fudge-like, but similar to a brownie. With some oatmeal (which means it's healthy).

And to make this even more perfect, it’s quick and easy to make. You’re simply spreading dough, pouring chocolate filling and then adding more dough here and there on top of the filling before baking. (The idea is to achieve a marbled look with this dough and the filling beneath, but there’s no right or wrong way. Just throw some dough pieces haphazardly on top; half or more of your filling will still be showing.)

A little trick: when you’re flattening little balls of dough for that top layer, wet your hands with cold water. It will make handling the dough easier and not so sticky.

Cookie bars
Ingredients:
Dough:
1 C. butter
2 C. brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 ½ C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 C. quick oats
Filling:
Melt the following in microwave until nearly smooth.
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 Tbsp. butter
6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
6 oz. butterscotch chips

Directions:
Mix dough ingredients well. Spread 2/3 of dough mixture in bottom of greased cookie sheet with sides/ large jelly roll pan. Spread filling mixture evenly over dough. Use remaining dough to make flatten “patches” over the top, so end result is somewhat marbled looking. Make sure top is smooth and flat for even baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.