Smore Cookie Bars

Submitted by AZPARZYCH

"This sounds so good when you do not have a campfire available to make traditional smores."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 16 bars

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup graham cracker, crumbs*
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2 milk chocolate candy bars, king-size (e.g. Hershey's)
• 1 1⁄2 cups marshmallow creme (not melted marshmallows)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
3. In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar until light.
4. Beat in egg and vanilla.
5. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt.
6. Add to butter mixture and mix at a low speed until combined.
7. Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan.
8. Place chocolate bars over dough. Two king-sized Hershey’s bars should fit perfectly side by side, but break the chocolate (if necessary) to get it to fit in a single layer no more than 1/4 inch thick.
9. Spread chocolate with marshmallow creme or fluff.
10. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small shingles and laying them together).
11. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned.
12. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
13. *Note: 3/4 cup crumbs is approximately 7 full-sized graham cracker sheets, whizzed in the food processor until fine.*.

Reviews

[bmcnichol]

Made this for our family picnic. The kids loved it but it was a bit messy to eat. I made the recipe as written.