Magic Cookie Bars

I remember having my very first 

Magic Cookie Bar at 

my Aunt Sharon's house 

many many...many years ago. 

Wow!

I had never tasted butterscotch chips before.

Where had they been hiding?

Dakota has always known these bars.

And loved them. 

For years I remember loving

Magic Cookie Bars.

Then when I was away at college,

I found a recipe that included

butterscotch chips.

Where had they been hiding?

Mom had been leaving them

out of her recipe because

my sisters didn't like them.

Welcome back, butterscotch chips.

 

Magic cookie bars ARE magical.

The graham crackers,

the brown sugar,

the  butter...

Chocolate chips 

and

butterscotch chips.

Don't forget the coconut 

AND

the Sweetened Condensed Milk!

What can we say about that? 

Pure heaven in a can.

(Mom gets angry if I throw it out

before she licks the lid.) 

Binder clips are great to use to 

hold down your parchment paper. 

They can go right in the oven.

When your magic cookie bars are cool,

just unclip them and 

lift the bars out using the paper.

The clips make it much 
easier to cut the bars.

Add a sprinkling of pecans 

and that makes it perfect.
Or hold the pecans...
some of us only eat them candied
or covered in cinnamon and sugar.  

Magic cookie bars

½ cup butter, melted

½ cup brown sugar

1 ½ cup graham cracker crumbs

1 cup of Nestles semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup of  Nestles butterscotch chips 
7 oz. bag of Baker's coconut

1 can Eagles sweetened condensed milk 

3/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Mix together the butter, brown sugar, 

and graham cracker crumbs. 

Press into the bottom of a 9" x 13" pan 

that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

You can also line the pan with 

parchment paper for easier removal.

Spray that too.

Next sprinkle on 

the chocolate and butterscotch chips.

Then the coconut.

Then pour the sweetened condensed milk 

evenly over the coconut.

Sprinkle with the pecans.

Bake in a 350 degrees preheated oven for 25 minutes.

Until golden brown.

Let cool.

(OK, so let's be real here.  

We don't always let it cool before we eat some.)

Cut.

And ahhhhh...enjoy.

 

 I also enjoy drizzling a 

little warm caramel sauce on it too. 

Although Dakota is a purist and 

likes them just the way they are.

Either way they are delicious.