Eagle Brand Magic Cookie Bars

By Hklbrries

These are the bars Chris Costigan likes to make during the holidays.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs or chocolate cookie crumbs
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips*
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• *Substitute chocolate chips or nuts with mini candy-coated pieces, dried cranberries, raisins, mini marshmallows or butterscotch chips

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F (325 F for glass dish). In 13-by-9-inch baking pan, melt butter in oven.

Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over butter; pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top with remaining ingredients; press down firmly with fork.

Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into bars or diamonds. Store covered at room temperature.