Magic Cookie Bars

Over the holidays I bake a lot, and for one particular gathering, I was really lazy, and had no desire to bake.

So I dug through all my recipes and found a recipe for Magic Cookie Bars that I've always wanted to try, and it looked simple enough.

The original recipe called for chopped nuts, but I decided to use peanut butter chips instead since I had a some leftover from another recipe and I wanted to use them up.

I couldn't believe how easy the recipe was - it was, indeed, like magic!

It was so easy, I made them again a couple of nights later for another gathering!

The combination of ingredients was so yummy, and you can really use up whatever you have on hand (e.g. mini-marshmallows, butterscotch chips, etc.).

Magic Cookie Bars

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c butter, melted
• 1 1/2 c graham cracker crumbs
• 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 c semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 1/3 c flaked coconut
• 1 c peanut butter chips

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter and press onto bottom of parchment-lined 9x13 pan.  
• Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. 
• Sprinkle coconut, chocolate chips, and peanut butter chips.   
• Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. 
• Cool before cutting into bars.

You can find the original recipe on the Eagle Brand website.