7 Layer Cookies (Magic Cookie Bar Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

Should you refrigerate magic bars? ›

Cut into 24 pieces and store in an airtight container with wax paper or parchment paper between layers. The flavor of the bars is even better the day after baking. Bars stored at room temperature will be fairly soft and are best eaten within 3 to 5 days. For firm and chewy bars, store in the fridge for up to a week.

Seven Lucious Layers

Graham crackers and rich butter form an easy crust that's pressed into the bottom of the pan. The crust is topped with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, sweet coconut flakes, sweetened condensed milk, and chopped pecans, and that's it! Your oven does the rest.

Magic Cookie Bars are easy to make and always a hit! The bars are layered with a graham cracker crust, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, pecans, coconut, and sweetened condensed milk. Basically, dessert heaven!

Even better, magic bars are also freezer-friendly, so you can stash a batch to offer unexpected guests or just when a craving strikes. If you're in the mood for more dessert bar recipes, try my chocolate chip cookie bars, lemon bars recipe, or peanut butter bars recipe.

Store the magic cookie bars in an airtight container at room temperature for a few days or in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Bakery or homemade cookies can be stored at room temperature two to three weeks or two months in the refrigerator. Cookies retain their quality when stored in the freezer for eight to 12 months. Moist bars, such as cheesecake and lemon bars, can be refrigerated for seven days.

There are many varieties of classifications for cookies. This refers to the way in which the cookie is prepared after the dough has been made. For example, there are drop, icebox, bar, sheet, cut out, pressed, rolled, molded or wafer. Let's take a minute to look at these methods.

Yes, you can freeze seven layer cookie bars for about three months. Flash freeze them for a few hours or up to overnight, then transfer them to a freezer-safe container.

Durable cookies (think chocolate chip cookies or shortbread cookies with firm-set icing) can be stacked in layers without anything between them. Not-so-durable cookies will need some degree of separation — you can use sheets of parchment paper, plastic wrap, or even tortillas as barriers between layers.

Both are concentrated, shelf-stable milk products that have been heated until at least 60 percent of their water content has evaporated. The main difference between evaporated milk and condensed milk is that evaporated milk is unsweetened while condensed milk is sweetened.

Can you make sweetened condensed milk from milk? ›

For best quality, freeze cookies and squares for up to 3 months.

How to Freeze Frosted Cookies, Bars, and Cupcakes: Yes, you can freeze things with frosting! This method works with anything that's gooey and/or you can't stack when room temperature for fear of crushing the decorations. Place the items in a single layer on a cookie sheet.

Make Ahead & Freezing Instructions: You can make the shortbread dough and chill it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Allow to come to room temperature then continue with step 3. Baked shortbread freezes well for up to 3 months. Unbaked shortbread dough freezes well for up to 3 months.

Built Bars are much different than typical protein bars. They look gooey on the inside and crunchy on the outside. Another aspect that stands out to me is that most people recommend refrigerating the bar for at least 20 minutes before eating.

Bar cookies may be stored in their baking pan tightly covered with aluminum foil if they will be eaten in a few days. Bar cookies removed from the pan should be stored in an airtight container. Separate bar cookies with waxed paper between layers. Many bar cookies freeze well.

Freezer-Safe Plastic Containers

You know those Tupperware or Rubbermaid container you use for stashing soup and other make-ahead meals in the freezer? They work just as well for storing ice cream, and they're a lot cheaper than those specialty containers.

Feel free to play with the ingredients in this recipe to suit your tastes, but keep the ratios the same at least for the first time. Kept dry and tightly wrapped, these energy bars will keep at room temperature for weeks, months even.