Eagle Brand milk provided product and a grocery allowance to write this post, but all opinions are my own.
These five layer magic bars have been a go-to cookie recipe in our family for decades! There are only 5 ingredients and the Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk tops it all off to make this the BEST, ooey-gooey bar cookie recipe!
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Ooey-Gooey Bar Cookie Recipe
I can remember many times that my mom has mixed up a batch of these bar cookies to give to a friend or take along to a potluck style meal. There are ALWAYS many compliments, and the plate ALWAYS comes home clean! On occasion, she will add coconut and nuts to make a seven layer cookie, but my family prefers the basic five layers of dessert goodness.
As I purchased the ingredients I noticed that Eagle Brand milk is owned by Borden Dairy, which is owned by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) which is a cooperative of farmers. My family milked cows as I was growing up, and we were members of DFA because they have the staff to market milk to various processing plants. Feeding, milking (two times a day, everyday, no matter what) and cleaning up after cows is a big job. Lots of farmers, like my family joined together to invest in the cooperative to handle more of the milk marketing details. We are still farmers, but we sold the dairy cows to another farmer about six years ago.
The food system is so big and complex, I always enjoy finding connections like this that make it all smaller. And I’m always excited to share that when you buy food from big companies you are supporting local farming families.
Here are links to pick-up everything that is needed on Amazon: Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, graham cracker crumbs and butter.
Sometimes we leave these cookies out for Santa. The years that we’ve done that we’ve gotten more gifts, so I think he really likes them!
Here is another favorite cookie that can often be found on our farmhouse table, The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies! We hope you enjoy these cookies as much as we do!
Printable Five Layer Bar Cookie Recipe
Five Layer Easy Bar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup crushed graham crackers
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 12 ounces butterscotch baking chips
- 14 ounce can of Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt stick of butter in 9x13 inch pan. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly over melted butter.
- Sprinkle about 9 ounces of each of the baking chips evenly.
- Pour can of Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk over pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle remaining baking chips evenly over the top. If brown around the edges the cookies are done, if not bake until the edges have started to brown.
- Let cool before cutting. Enjoy 🙂
One of my favorites, I need to make these soon!
Nothing better than home made anything from the farm!