Whatever you call them, they’re fabulous and generally follow the same easy, no-mixer recipe outline.
A buttery graham cracker crust, topped with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, nuts, coconut, and sweetened condensed milk. The melted butter and graham cracker crumbs each count as one layer in the classic recipe. I mixed things up and swapped peanut butter chips for butterscotch chips, mini peanut butter cups instead of nuts, and added peanut butter to the sweetened condensed milk. Triple the peanut butter always makes me happy. There are so many flavors and textures in every bite. Soft, chewy, creamy, crunchy, and so good.
You must line your baking pan with aluminum foil when you’re making seven layer bars because the sweetened condensed milk caramelizes while baking and will stick like crazy to an unlined pan. I shudder to think of the dishes. I always, always, always line my baking pans no matter what I’m making with Reynolds Wrap® Non-Stick Aluminum Foil for many reasons. It’s heartier and stronger than other foil and doesn’t tear or rip like others often do. It makes doing dishes a million times faster because I can simply toss the sheet of foil away. To differentiate between the two sides of the foil, an imprint reads “NON-STICK Side” on the matte, or flat-finish, side.
Foil enables me to lift the entire recipe out of the pan and place it on a cutting board for precise slicing. People frequently write to me (Item #30) asking how I get such clean cuts and perfectly sliced bars and foil that I can lift out of the pan is my secret. It’s a great to wrap up leftovers and as a tool for grillin. After preheating your grill at medium/medium-high heat, simply place the foil on the grill (non-stick side up) and add food immediately.
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