Thursday, October 7, 2010

Magic Cookie Bars

½ cup margarine
1½ cups graham cracker or other crumbs*
1 14oz. can Eagle® sweetened condensed milk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or other toppings**
1-1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped nuts***

In 13 x 9 glass baking pan, melt margarine in oven at 325°. Sprinkle crumbs over margarine; pour sweetened condensed mil evenly over crumbs. Sprinkle with chips then coconuts and nuts; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill thoroughly if desired. Cut
into bars. Store loosely covered at room temp.

Make 36 bars

*Crumbs: Vanilla wafer, chocolate wafer, gingersnap cookies, quick-cooking oats, wheat germ.

**Toppings: Peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, plain multi-colored candy-coated chocolate pieces, raisins, chopped dried apricots, almond brickle chips, banana chips, chopped candied cherries, small gumdrop candies, miniature marshmallows.

***Nuts: Walnuts, pecans, almonds, peanuts, cashews, macadamia nuts.

FLAVOR VARIATIONS:
Mint: Combine ½ tsp. peppermint extract and 4 drops of green food coloring if desired with milk. Proceed as above.

Mocha: Add 1 tbsp. instant coffee and 1 tbsp. chocolate flavored syrup with milk. Proceed as above.

Peanut butter: Combine 1/3 cup peanut butter with milk. Proceed as above.

Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars: Add 1 6oz. pkg. butterscotch chips after
chocolate chips.

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