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What are 7 layer bars?

Quaint 7 layer cookie bars, or magic cookie bars, are a baked dessert bar consisting of seven layers: graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut flakes, pecans, and chocolate chips.

This model is made vegan through the use of coconut condensed milk and dairy-free chocolate chips.

I didn’t use butterscotch chips, so technically they’re solely 6 layers, however you might all the time add one other layer like cranberries, pistachios or the standard butterscotch chips.

Magic bars are tremendous simple to make and a traditional for a motive, they’re unbelievable decadent and scrumptious!

They’re excellent for any event from Christmas to birthday events and are all the time a giant hit, they will even be made nut-free and gluten-free.

I hope you take pleasure in this enjoyable and easy-to-make dessert. Regardless of the precise layers you select, 7 layer magic bars are all the time a crowd-pleaser positive to impress!

Components & Substitutions

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• Graham Crackers or Animal Cracker Crumbs: Use vegan graham crackers or graham cracker crumbs, or search for animal crackers as most of them are vegan. In case you can’t discover crumbs, add 305 g of the crackers or cookies to a blender or meals processor and mix right into a tremendous crumb consistency. You may also use different cookies like shortbread cookies, Oreo cookie crumbs, gingersnaps or Biscoff cookies.
• Vegan Butter: Any model of vegan butter is appropriate. I like Earth Steadiness or Soften Natural butter sticks. Another manufacturers are Miyoko’s or Nation Crock. You’ll be able to substitute melted coconut oil should you want.
• Pecans: I prefer to buy pecan items so I don’t have to cut them however when you’ve got entire pecans, chop them up a bit earlier than use. Walnuts, peanuts, cashews or almonds work too!
• Coconut: I might suggest unsweetened medium shredded (desiccated) coconut however coconut flakes additionally work.
• Chocolate Chips: You should use any dairy-free chocolate chips, darkish chocolate chips or chocolate chunks. I’ve made with these chocolate chunks and chocolate chips and the chocolate chunks had been actually yummy!
• Condensed Milk: Search for coconut or oat sweetened condensed milk. Coconut condensed milk is pretty simple to seek out in well-stocked grocery shops or pure meals shops. These two merchandise are additionally available on-line. Some good manufacturers are Nature’s Attraction and Let’s Do Natural. Ensure that it’s condensed milk and never evaporated milk because the packaging appears to be like comparable! You may also use home made sweetened condensed coconut or oat milk.

The best way to Make

Step 1: Put together the pan.

Spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray after which line with parchment paper. The spray helps maintain the parchment paper in place. Preheat the oven to 350 F as nicely.

Step 2: Put together the crust layer.

Add the graham cracker or different cookie crumbs to a mixing bowl together with the melted butter and blend nicely. It must be a little bit crumbly however nonetheless moist sufficient to press between your fingers.

Firmly press the crumb combination into the ready pan till you’ve gotten a flat, even layer. You should use a wood spoon, backside of a measuring cup or your fingers to press the crust layer.

Step 3: Layer the bars.

Evenly sprinkle the pecans, coconut and chocolate chips over the crust layer.

Pour the coconut condensed milk over the bars, ensuring it’s evenly distributed to every nook and throughout.

I prefer to sprinkle a little bit flaky sea salt over prime as nicely – extremely beneficial!

Step 4: Bake and funky the bars.

Bake the bars for 30-35 minutes till the perimeters are golden brown and bubbly.

Enable the bars to chill fully at room temperature or sufficient that you would be able to switch them to the fridge. Chill within the fridge for two hours or in a single day.

Fast Tip: Don’t skip cooling the bars or they’ll be a crumbly, gooey mess if you attempt to slice them.

Potential Variations

There are many enjoyable methods to customise 7 layer bars! Pecan, chocolate and coconut is a traditional mixture however you possibly can combine and match any of those substances, although the chocolate is a should.

• Use slivered almonds, chopped roasted cashews, walnuts or pistachios as an alternative of pecans.
• Add a sprinkle of dried cranberries.
• For peanut butter magic bars, use roasted peanuts as an alternative of pecans and drizzle with a layer of peanut butter earlier than the condensed milk.
• For nut-free magic bars, substitute sunflower seeds for the pecans.
• For coconut-free bars, you possibly can strive one thing like chopped pretzels or mini vegan marshmallows.
• Use a mix of darkish and white chocolate chips or all white chocolate chips.
• Add a drizzle of caramel or skinny layer of date caramel.
• Use chocolate animal cracker crumbs or Oreo cookie crumbs for the crust.
• Add a layer of chopped pretzels.
• Sprinkle some other sweet you take pleasure in over the bars. Toffee, M&M-style candies, something goes!

The best way to Retailer

• Allow them to cool fully earlier than storing.
• They are often saved straight within the pan or transferred to a container.
• In case you’re storing within the pan, wrap nicely and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week or freeze as much as 3 months.
• I might counsel eradicating from the pan, slicing and storing. Retailer layered in an hermetic container with a bit of parchment between layers to stop sticking. They are going to hold 1 week within the fridge or 3-4 months within the freezer.