Saturday, November 9, 2013

S'mores Bars



I was inspired by a recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything. This recipe isn't for the S'mores bars pictured above, but it's a cool recipe. My recipe is different from the original I saw on The Girl's website in that there are a few added ingredients, and the basic recipe is altered quite a bit. I used less sugar, brown instead of white and brown sugar and altered the amount of dry ingredients. I also substituted chocolate chips for the candy bars, used less fluff, added mini marshmallows on top and added nutmeg and almond meal to the batter. See what you think:


Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup ground almonds (almond meal)
  • pinch ground nutmeg 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup marshmallow creme
  • 1 cup mini marshmallows

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a small bowl,  combine the flour, almond meal, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Mix the dry ingredients into butter mixture and continue mixing at a low speed until incorporated.
  3. Divide dough in half and press one half evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the marshmallow fluff evenly over the dough (it's sticky, so you might want to spray a spatula with cooking spray to do this part) and then sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the fluff. Place remaining dough in a layer on top of the chocolate. This might not be easy, but you can flatten the dough and place it on top of the chips in sections if you have trouble. It doesn't have to be perfect, but try to make it as even as you can.
  4. Bake about 20 minutes, until lightly browned and then add mini marshmallows on top. Bake an additional 10 minutes until the marshmallows are starting to melt and become lightly brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars. Makes 16 cookie bars.
  5. Optional: Drizzle dark chocolate across the tops once the bars are cooled. 




On a slightly different note, I don't know what these are, but they look insanely yummy:



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