Magic Bars

by lisa | 24 December 2012 13:19

I love magic bars and have been wanting to make over the old traditional recipe for a long time now. Once I managed to make the Dulce de Leche sauce in a previous recipe, I realized that it was pretty much a replacement for sweetened condensed milk and could be used for making magic bars. My daughter is home for the holidays and she’s been pestering me to bake her something so I figured this would hit the spot.

The Graham Cracker Crust Layer

I made this same crust in a previous recipe and was really happy with the way it turned out so I didn’t change it at all. The only thing I did different was to shorten the baking time since the bars were going to have to bake after the crust was made.

1/4 cup plus 1 Tablespoon almond flour
1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon coconut flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat your oven to 175 C (350 F).
Mix all of your dry ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl.
Whisk all of your wet ingredients together in a small mixing bowl.
Now add your wet into your dry and stir until well combined.
Pat your dough into a well greased baking dish (I used an 8″x8″) with your fingers and prick with a fork.
Bake for 10 minutes and then remove to cool completely.
Crust Layer

The Magic

I made sweetened condensed milk first:

500 ml coconut milk
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla

Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until reduced down to a thick caramel sauce. This takes about 1 1/2 hours.

Pour over your crust.

The “sweetened condensed milk” magic

Now sprinkle 1 cup of chocolate chips (which I can’t get here so I used chopped 78% dark chocolate) over the top. Then sprinkle on 1/2 cup of chopped pecans. Then sprinkle 3/4 shredded coconut over that. Now squish it all down with a spoon.

Ready to sprinkle

Place in a preheated 175 C/350 F oven and bake for 20 minutes. Chill in the fridge for an hour or stick it in the freezer for 20 minutes before cutting into squares.