S'mores Bars

By gnikylime

A great way to enjoy s'mores without a campfire!

Photo credit: Diana Rattray, About.com Guide

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup (170 g) butter
• 2/3 cup (1.1 g) sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon (5 mL.) vanilla
• 18 whole graham crackers, crushed, about 3 cups (280 g., 42 Leibniz Vollkorn cookies)
• 1/2 cup (0.8 g) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon (0.1 g) salt
• 8 milk chocolate bars, approximately 1-1/2 ounces each (340 g. total)
• 3 1/2 cups (~24 large) miniature marshmallows

Details

Adapted from southernfood.about.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350F / 175C.
2. Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in crushed graham crackers, flour, and salt.
3. Reserve 1 cup of the graham cracker mixture and press remaining mixture over the bottom of a greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Arrange chocolate bars, in a single layer, over graham cracker crust mixture in the pan. Sprinkle with marshmallows. Crumbled reserved graham cracker mixture over the marshmallows.
4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Cut into bars and cool completely.