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Magic Cookie Bars
Magic cookie bars are easy, crunchy, chewy bars made with layers of a buttery graham cracker crust, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, shredded coconut, nuts, and pumpkin seeds. Also known as Seven Layer Bars or Hello Dolly Bars, they are a crowd favorite and perfect for sharing!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs 10-12 cracker slabs
- ½ cup flaxseed meal
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup nuts chopped, using a mix of walnuts, almonds and cashews
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup butterscotch chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds sprouted, optional
Instructions
Prep Work
- Preheat oven to 350°F degrees. Spray a 9×13 inch baking pan with cooking spray and line it with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place the graham cracker slabs in a zip-lock bag and using a rolling pin crush them into fine crumbs. You can also do this in a food processor.
- In a bowl, add the chocolate chips (semi-sweet, white, butterscotch), chopped nuts (walnuts, cashews, almonds), and sweetened shredded coconut. Mix well. Keep aside.
Making Magic Cookie Bars
- In a mixing bowl bowl, add the graham cracker crumbs, and flax-seed meal.
- Pour the melted butter over and mix until well combined. The crumbs should hold shape when pressed together.
- Transfer to a lined baking pan and spread evenly. Press firmly to the bottom of the pan using a spatula or the back of a measuring cup.
- Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the pressed crumb crust
- Sprinkle the coconut, nuts, and chocolate chips mixture evenly over the condensed milk and press down firmly with the back of the measuring cup.
- Bake for 25 - 30 mins or until edges are golden brown.
- Cool completely in the pan. Lift the entire slab holding the parchment paper and place it on a cutting board. Cut into squares of the desired length. I usually cut it into 24 small squares.
- Serve these delicious Magic cookie bars as a dessert or snack with milk, tea or coffee!
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Notes
Line the baking pan with parchment paper such that there is an extra piece of paper that folds over the pan. This extra parchment paper acts as a handle and makes it easy to pick and remove the entire bar slab out of the pan and place it on the cutting board.
Make sure to crush the graham crackers into fine crumbs. You can do this using a rolling pin (fun activity for kids to do) or use a food processor (makes it easy, quick, and effortless).
Mix the butter and crumbs until they are well combined and moistened. If you press the mixture between your palm it should hold shape.
Press the crumbs firmly into the pan. Use a spatula and/or the back of a measuring cup to pack tightly and level the crust.
I prefer to mix the coconut, nuts, and chocolate chips together and then add them. But you could also layer these individually in any order of your preference.
This recipe is very adaptable and ingredients can be adjusted to your liking.
You can use the chocolate chips of choice and tweak the ratios of each chip to suit your taste. If you don’t love white chocolate use a little more butterscotch or semi-sweet and vice versa. You can swap the semi-sweet for dark chocolate for an interesting dark take.
If you don't prefer nuts, skip and swap for other nuts you like or more coconut or chocolate. You can also use unsweetened shredded coconut or omit it altogether.
Allow the magic bars to cool completely before slicing. Cutting them while they are warm will result in a gooey mess. You can refrigerate for a few hours to expedite the cooling which will firm up the bars and result in clean slices.
Pour the condensed milk evenly and be careful spreading it with a spoon or spatula. Chances are you may pull off the crumbs layer.
Nutrition
Calories: 247kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 126IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg
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