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Maybe it’s a family thing or maybe it’s a Wisconsin/midwestern tradition, but around the holidays we’ve always baked a lot. Then when you’re invited to holiday parties or when people stop over it’s really easy to make a tray of treats for your party host or your guests. This month I have a few parties to go to and I also wanted to revisit some old recipes so I baked up a storm this weekend.
Here’s one of the things I made: Seven Layer Bars. Super easy to make and they’re really rich and sweet. Almost like a candy bar. This is something my mom would make a lot when we were growing up. I used her recipe, as follows:
Seven Layer Bars
From: Mom
Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a 13×9 pan. Then sprinkle in (in order):
- 1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
- 1 c. chocolate chips
- 1 c. butterscotch chips
- 1 c. flaked coconut
- 1 c. chopped nuts
- 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes.
14 responses so far ↓
1 Nan // Dec 6, 2005 at 8:50 am
These have already disappeared into our bellies. Thanks for sharing - YUM!
2 tien // Dec 6, 2005 at 10:28 am
drooool.
3 mom // Dec 6, 2005 at 10:28 am
;o)
4 Sarah // Dec 6, 2005 at 1:35 pm
I just made my first batch of the season on Sunday. We call them Hello Dollies. I don’t know why. I’m from Wisconsin, so maybe it is a midwestern thing. Awesome way to display the recipe!
5 Amy // Dec 6, 2005 at 7:08 pm
My mom makes these every Christmas. I am so looking forward to them. YUM!
6 fatty patty // Dec 7, 2005 at 7:53 am
YOU ARE EATING TOO MUCH!!!
7 rachelle // Dec 7, 2005 at 8:04 am
only EVERY DAY
8 Irene // Dec 8, 2005 at 2:04 am
Those look so yummy. Are they too sweet though?
9 ChrisM // Dec 8, 2005 at 4:13 pm
As a kid in Rochester NY (not the mid-west but heading that way) my friend’s mom she made the cookies shown here and also called them “hello dollies” just like Sarah does.
10 Richard // Dec 9, 2005 at 4:59 pm
Is one of the layers really butter? Nice.
11 David // Dec 10, 2005 at 6:57 am
I am SO coming to your house for Christmas.
12 team brown // Dec 12, 2005 at 3:06 pm
Hi. I made these bars over the weekend. I traded the butterscotch chips for coarsely crumbled english toffee.The bars turned out yummy.. thanks for the recipe. I am getting ready to try the pecan fingers sometime this week.
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13 rachelle // Dec 12, 2005 at 3:08 pm
ohh.. toffee.. good idea.
14 Jenny // Sep 9, 2006 at 10:34 pm
instead of condense milk can we replace that with Skim Milk (Soy Milk)? The cookie bars look yummy.
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