Five Star Bars Recipes

NEWFOUNDLAND FIVE STAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 inch pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Add the butter, vanilla, and sweetened condensed milk to a bowl. Blend together with a hand-held mixer. You are not beating these ingredients! At this point, we are basically stirring them together well.
• Add the coconut and graham crumbs. With the mixer on low speed, incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet.
• Transfer this mixture to the parchment lined pan. Press the mixture flat and into the corners.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• While the bars are baking, unwrap the Aero bars and break them into chunks.
• As soon as the bars are out of the oven, sprinkle the Aero chunks evenly over the surface. Allow the bars to sit for 5 minutes.
• Use an offset spatula to evenly spread the now soft Aero Bar chunks over the top of the bars.
• Allow the whole thing to cool to room temperature - at least 3 hours!
• Lift the bars out using the parchment paper. Cut into 16 squares. Store in food-safe container in the fridge. Can be frozen too!

FIVE STAR BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix together the butter, graham crumbs, coconut, condensed milk, and vanilla.
• Press into a parchment paper lined 9 x 9 pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until firm.
• As soon as they come out of the oven, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the hot cookie bars.
• Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the chocolate to melt, then spread evenly over the top.
• Allow the bars to cool to room temperature before cutting into cookie bars or squares.
• Store in an airtight container. These cookie bars freeze well too.

5 STAR BARS

Steps:

• Mix the margarine, cracker crumbs, coconut, condensed milk and vanilla together; press into an ungreased 9 x 9 pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
• For the icing, in a microwave proof bowl break up bars into smaller chunks, add to oil.
• Microwave for 1 minute or longer until the chocolate melts.
• Stir and carefully spread over squares.
• Store squares in the refrigerator.
• Can also be frozen.

FIVE LAYER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.
• Press into bottom of a 9 by 13-inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle the butterscotch morsels over the crust.
• The layer the chocolate morsels, pecans, and coconut, in the order given.
• Pour sweetened condensed milk over the layers.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Allow to cool and cut into bars.
• TO GIVE AS A GIFT:.
• In a decorative jar, layer pecans, butterscotch morsels, coconut, and chocolate morsels. Spoon graham cracker crumbs into a small plastic or cellophane bag and place on top of the layers.

CHEF JOHN'S LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Place an oven rack into middle position in oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Place 1 cup flour and butter in a mixing bowl and mash with the back of a spatula or wooden spoon until thoroughly combined. Mix in 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, and salt; mash mixture together until mixture looks like a slightly crumbly cookie dough.
• Moisten your fingers with a little water and press dough into bottom of prepared baking dish. Use a fork to prick holes all over the crust.
• Bake crust on center rack in the preheated oven until crust edges are barely golden brown, 22 minutes.
• Beat eggs and egg yolks together in a bowl; whisk in white sugar and 2 tablespoons flour until smooth. Add lemon juice and lemon zest; whisk for 2 minutes. Pour lemon custard over crust.
• Bake on center rack until custard is set and top has a thin white sugary crust, 25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into bars. Dip knife into very hot water, run around the edge, and cut into 16 squares. Dust cookies with 1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar.

PEANUT BUTTER & OATMEAL DREAM BARS - FIVE STARS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13-inch pan with tin foil and spray with Pam. In a medium mixing bowl, mix the melted butter, sugar, soda, oatmeal, flour & salt until it becomes a crumbly texture and set aside a little more than 1 cups worth of the crust mixture. Press the remaining crust into your prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes. While the crust is cooking, in a small bowl, stir the peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk together. Once the crust has baked, pour and spread peanut butter filling over the baked crust in an even layer. Be careful not to pull up the warm crust while spreading your mixture. Evenly sprinkle the reserved crumbs on top of the peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk mix. Bake at 350°F for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove from oven and sprinkle the chopped candy bars and chocolate chips on top. Return to the oven and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes or until topping is light golden brown and the chocolate chips and bars are melting. Allow to cool before cutting and serving. Enjoy!