This classic dessert deserves a spot in your recipe box .
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If you ’re looking for a Modern go - to potluck dessert , turn to grannie ’s recipe box . This mud biddy ginmill recipe is like a twist on classic chocolate chip cooky bars , and it ’s utterly pleasant-tasting . We could n’t get enough when we tested this formula in the Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen . Here ’s how to make mud hen bars .
What Are Mud Hen Bars?
It ’s hard to pin down the line of the original recipe for clay hen bars , but they ’re widely believed to have been produce in the South or Midwest in the 1940s or 1950s . variant of the recipe are often notice in Christian church and potluck cookbooks . clay hen legal community are made up of three layer : a blondie - style base stratum , a in-between layer made with chocolate chips , and a meringue topping . The finished bar are sweet and pantry with just the correct amount of compaction from the toasted top crust .
Ingredients
Nonstick cookery spray
4eggs
1/2cupsalted butter , softened
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1cupgranulated sugar
1tsp.baking pulverization
1/2tsp.salt
1 1/2tsp.vanilla
1 1/2cupsall - purpose flour
1cupbittersweet chocolate poker chip
1cupminiature marshmallows
1/2cupchopped pecans , crispen ( optional )
1cup packedbrown kale
Directions
Prep Pan
Preheat oven to 350 ° F . thinly cake a 13x9 - column inch baking cooking pan with cooking spray .
Prep Eggs
Separate two of the egg , placing 2 testicle White in a clean spiritualist bowl .
Mix Ingredients
In a big bowl measure butter with an electric mixer on medium 30 second base . add up granulate lolly , bake powder , and salt . crush until fluffy . Beat in 2 whole eggs , the 2 egg egg yolk and 1 tsp . vanilla until still . Beat flour into butter mixture on low until just combined .
Layer into Pan
Transfer mixture to prepared pan and propagate to an even layer . Top with chocolate microchip , mini marshmallow , and pecans ( if using )
Make Topping
Beat the stay 2 egg Andrew D. White on high-pitched until stiff peaks constitute , about 2 minutes . close down in browned saccharide and remain 1/2 tsp . vanilla until combined and there are no lumps . Spread on top of chocolate chip bed .
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Bake and Cool
Bake 20 second or until top is golden brownish . Let coolheaded completely on a telegram rack before cut into squares
Credits
formula rise bySarah Brekke .
Nutrition Facts(per serving)
- The % Daily Value ( DV ) tells you how much a food in a solid food serving contributes to a daily diet . 2,000 gram calorie a daylight is used for general nutrition advice .
