Almond Fudge-topped Shortbread

Ingredients

• (2 sticks) butter or margarine

  softened
  1 cup
• powdered sugar
  ½ cup
• salt
  ¼ tsp
• all purpose flour
  1¼ cups
• (12-oz pkg) Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips
  2 cups
• (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
  1 can
• almond extract
  ½ tsp
• sliced almonds

  toasted
  ½ cup