Saturday, April 26, 2014

S'more Cookie Bars


I made these for our friend's BBQ and house-warming the other weekend and they were a hit. They make for a fun ooey-gooey campfire-like treat —without having to go through the trouble of making a campfire!

Here's what you'll need:
1/2 cup salted butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups AP flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (~8 graham crackers)
1 tsp baking powder
2 king-size milk chocolate bars (I used Hershey's)
1 1/2 cups marshmallow Fluff

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease and/or line an 8-inch square baking pan.

In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg and vanilla.

In a small bowl, stir together flour, graham cracker crumbs, and baking powder. Add to the butter and sugar mixture and mix until combined. Divide dough in half and press half of the dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. It will seem like a very thin layer, but the baking powder will cause it to rise in the oven.



Place chocolate bar pieces over dough (don't layer the bars, just break them to fit if you need to), then spread the marshmallow Fluff over the chocolate bars (this will be somewhat awkward, sticky, and messy, but just try to have fun with it ;)). Now, top the Fluff with the remaining dough by forming the dough into sheets with the palm of your hands and laying it down.


Bake for 30-25 minutes or until lightly browned. If the top is browning too quickly, then cover will tin foil for the remainder of the baking time. Cool completely before cutting into bars. I didn't and they were very difficult to cut so that they looked "presentable".



Enjoy :)