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Not Your Mama’s Seven-Layer Bars

Name: Not Your Mama's Seven-Layer Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 dozen.
Ingredients: 24 Oreo cookies; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 1 cup flaked coconut; 1-1/2 cups crisp brown rice cereal; 1 can (13.4 ounces) dulce de leche; 6 tablespoons warm water (110° to 115°); 1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans; 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

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Total Time

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Makes

2 dozen

Updated: Oct. 24, 2022

The addition of dulce de leche makes this a decadent new take on traditional seven-layer bars. You can cut this recipe in half and make it in an 8x8-in. pan. —Andrea Barlow, Hot Springs, Arkansas

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Ingredients

24 Oreo cookies
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup flaked coconut
1-1/2 cups crisp brown rice cereal
1 can (13.4 ounces) dulce de leche
6 tablespoons warm water (110° to 115°)
1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Pulse cookies in a food processor until finely chopped. Combine crumbs and melted butter; press onto bottom of a greased, foil-lined 13x9-in. baking pan. Spread coconut over crust; sprinkle with crisp rice cereal.
Combine dulce de leche and water until smooth. Pour over cereal. Sprinkle pecans over dulce de leche; press down lightly.
Bake until edges are set but center is still soft, about 30 minutes. (Do not overbake.) Remove from oven; immediately sprinkle with sea salt. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into 24 squares.

Nutrition Facts

1 bar: 228 calories, 14g fat (6g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 156mg sodium, 24g carbohydrate (18g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

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