Recipe 15- Dessert Bars (Variation on 7 Layer Bars)

                                     
                                                                 DESSERT BARS
                                                   (VARIATION ON 7 LAYER BARS)


3 tablespoons of butter
1/2 package of white cake mix
1 1/2 C miniature marshmallows
1 package (6 oz.) of semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 can (3 1/2 oz.) flaked coconut
1 C broken mixed nuts
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In oven, melt butter in well greased oblong pan, (13x9x2). Rotate pan until butter covers bottom. Sprinkle cake mix (dry) in pan. Sprinkle marshmallows, chocolate pieces, coconut and nuts on cake mix in order listed. Pour milk evenly on top.

Bake about 30 min. or until golden brown. Run knife around edges to loose sides. Cool. Cut into bars.

Ratings (out of five)
Difficulty *
Taste *****

For the past several years, I have been a member of a bible study.  Several times a year, I host the bible study at my home for lunch.  I made these dessert bars and they were a tremendous hit. They are a variation on the 7 Layer Bar and equally simple to make. Note that the nut that I used in this recipe was hazelnut.

I found this recipe in the Lloyd Harbor Elementary School Cookbook (my elementary school), cir. 1973.  My mother, Carol Callaghan, is credited with submitting this recipe to the school cookbook.