This is from the 1960's, the easiest dessert you can make and people
love it even if they (like I) don't particularly like coconut.

Seven Layer/Hello Dolly Bars

Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.

1 1/2 cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
(a food processor makes this easy)
1/4 lb. melted butter (1 stick, 1/2 cup)
1 cup (or more) chocolate chips
(optional-1 cup butterscotch chips if you insist on 7 layers)
1 1/3 cups shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 can sweetened condensed milk (like Eagle Brand)


Mix crumbs and butter, press into bottom of a 9x13 inch pan.
layer with remaining ingredients in order, pouring milk
evenly over the top.

Bake in a 350 deg. F oven about 30 minutes or until top begins to brown.
Cool before cutting.

gloria p

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:47:10 -0700, Gloria P >
wrote:

>This is from the 1960's, the easiest dessert you can make and people
>love it even if they (like I) don't particularly like coconut.
>
>Seven Layer/Hello Dolly Bars
>
>Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.
>
>1 1/2 cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
> (a food processor makes this easy)
>1/4 lb. melted butter (1 stick, 1/2 cup)
>1 cup (or more) chocolate chips
>(optional-1 cup butterscotch chips if you insist on 7 layers)
>1 1/3 cups shredded coconut
>1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
>1 can sweetened condensed milk (like Eagle Brand)
>
>
>Mix crumbs and butter, press into bottom of a 9x13 inch pan.
>layer with remaining ingredients in order, pouring milk
>evenly over the top.
>
>Bake in a 350 deg. F oven about 30 minutes or until top begins to brown.
>Cool before cutting.
>
>gloria p

Sounds delicious... but isn't that only five layers? I might make this
for the potluck on Sunday - it sounds simple enough for a hectic
weekend!

On Dec 18, 3:26*pm, Kajikit > wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:47:10 -0700, Gloria P >
> wrote:
> Sounds delicious... but isn't that only five layers? I might make this
> for the potluck on Sunday - it sounds simple enough for a hectic
> weekend!- Hide quoted text -
Kajikit, it is seven if you use both types of chips and count the
butter. I've been making these for about 20 years now, for my son who
in his twenties would eat the entire batch while driving two hours
back to his home on Christmas. We hadn't talked about that for some
time (he's now 34), so when I gave him the tray full last Christmas, I
told him I expected he may have tired of them while aging and he
certainly was welcome to take them into his work to share (where the
older men have taken to feeding him most days). His instant reply was
that there would be no way, those remain all his, and he'll share them
with no one, ever.

As the recipe implies, they are very quick and easy to make. After my
first time making them I gave thought to lining the baking dish with
foil before starting the layers, which makes it much easier to lift
out the entire batch when cooled so as to cut into bars. For this
year's batch I will use the Reynold's Non-Stick and it will be even
easier. Another tip, do use the non-sweetened coconut because those
rascals are plenty sweet enough.

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