smores cookie bars

i have had a killer chocolate craving this week... its been terrible. so while my husband took my son to hockey practice, i decided to whip up the first thing i came across on pinterest that i had all of the ingredients for. and this recipe came up. of course, i didn't actually have all the exact ingredients but i had enough to make something similar. my son thanked me as soon as he walked in the door and smelled these. my diet, on the other hand, hates me and we are currently not on speaking terms.

smores cookie bar


from http://www.theaprongal.com/2011/11/baked-smores.html


1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla 
1 1/3 cups flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (approximately 7 full graham crackers)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows

Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom of  an 8 x 8 pan.

in a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars. beat in egg and vanilla.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix until combined.

Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips over dough. Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over the chocolate chip layer.

Crumble/spread remaining dough as evenly as possible over marshmallows.

Bake 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow to cool at least slightly (if you can wait that long) before cutting.