Old Fashioned Seven Layer Bars

Kitchen Supplies

Ingredients

• 1 Stick Butter – I have made it with both salted and unsalted butter before.  Both ways are fantastic.
• 1 Package of Graham Crackers – Crushed
• 1 Can Sweet and Condensed Milk
• ½ Package of Chocolate Chips
• ½ Package of Butterscotch Chips
• ½ Cup Coconut Flakes
• ½ Cup Chopped Walnuts, you can buy them this way or chop them yourself

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. While the oven is preheating, place 1 stick of butter in your baking dish and place it in the oven.  You want the butter to melt but not burn so keep an eye on it.  Remove from the oven when the butter is melted.
3. While the butter is melting, take the Graham Crackers out of their package and place them in the quart storage bag or gallon storage bag.  Squeeze most of the air out before sealing it up.
4. Use the rolling pin to crush all of the graham crackers to a sand-like consistency.
5. When the butter is done melting and out of the oven, add the crushed graham crackers to it and press them down all over the pan to make a crust layer.  PLEASE BE CAREFUL, your pan will be hot!
6. Next, cover the graham cracker layer with the sweet and condensed milk.
7. Add your chocolate chips and butterscotch chips on next.  This will not be a completely solid layer.
8. Then, sprinkle the coconut flakes on.
9. Finally, top it with the chopped walnuts.
10. Bake for about 18 – 20 minutes.
11. Cool completely before cutting.

Helpful Tips

• You can melt the butter in your microwave as well if you don’t want to work with a hot pan or if you have kids helping you make this dessert.
• If you are looking for a thicker crust, no problem.  Double both the butter and the graham crackers.  Still bake the Seven Layer Bars for about 20 minutes.
• The only Sweet and Condensed milk you should be using for this dessert is Borden Eagle Brand.  It just tastes the best.
• When it comes to chocolate chip flavors, I have tried semi-sweet, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate.  They all taste amazing but I am partial to the dark chocolate chips.
• ½ a package of the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips are all you really need however; I have been known to add a little bit more😊.
• If you are not a walnut fan, try pecans instead.  These bars are so good with them!
• Like I said before, between my mom and I, we have taken these old fashioned Seven Layer Bars to every celebration under the sun and there are never any left in the pan to take home.