8-Layer Bars with Macadamia Nuts
Decadent layered bar cookies combining chocolate and shortbread cookie crusts, sweetened condensed milk, butterscotch and chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, white chocolate, coconut, and macadamia nuts. Baked until golden and cut into individual servings for an impressive homemade treat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbsgraham cracker crumbs1:1texture-change
changes base layer flavor
- 1 cup shortbread cookie crumbs
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk, fat free, canned
- 1 cup butterscotch flavored chips
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chipsdark chocolate chips1:1chocolate-swap
increases cocoa intensity
- 1 cup peanut butter chipsalmond butter chips1:1nut-swap
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- 1 cup white chocolate morsels
- 1 ⅓ cup flaked coconut
- 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- 2
Spray a 13 by 9 inch baking pan with non-stick buttery cooking spray.
- 3
Combine chocolate and shortbread cookie crumbs with melted butter and press into the bottom of the pan.
- 4
Spread sweetened condensed milk evenly over the crumb mixture.
- 5
Layer chips in order: butterscotch, white chocolate, peanut butter, dark chocolate.
- 6
Sprinkle flaked coconut over the chips.
- 7
Top with chopped macadamia nuts.
- 8
Bake until the top is lightly browned, about 25 to 30 minutes.
- 9
Remove from oven and loosen from the sides of the pan while still warm.
- 10
Cool on a wire rack.
- 11
Cut into bars.
Tips
Line the pan with aluminum foil sprayed with cooking spray and extend foil over edges to use as handles for easy removal.
Good to Know
Covered, room temperature, up to 5 days. Refrigerate in hot climates.
Prepare through step 7, cover, refrigerate overnight. Bake as directed.
Cut into squares. Serve at room temperature or slightly warm.
Common Mistakes
Do not skip loosening from pan sides while warm to prevent sticking.
Do not over-bake past 30 minutes to avoid dried or burnt edges.
Do not skip pressing crumb mixture firmly to prevent separation during baking.
Substitutions
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