Happy Tuesday! My daughter is on Spring Break this week, so she helped me make this Tuesdays with Dorie treat. We made Crispy-Topped Brown Sugar Bars.
The base of these bars is a simple, buttery brown sugar-based dough. It is spread in an 8″x8″ pan and baked until it turns golden brown. I had the benefit of making these a week late, and learned that many people found their base over-cooked when following the baking times specified in the recipe. I baked mine for 15 minutes and then checked it. It was bubbling and golden brown, so I took it out early.
Next, we sprinkled chocolate chips on top of the cookie base. My daughter helped with this step, and only ate two of the chocolate chips! After the chocolate melted, I spread it evenly over the bars.
Next, the Caramelized Rice Krispies. Oh, those Caramelized Rice Krispies! You could make just the rice krispies and be perfectly happy. I think Dorie knew what she was doing when she had us use only half the Caramelized Rice Krispies recipe. You wouldn’t have enough to cover the bars otherwise, because the cook would eat too many of the rice krispies before they made it onto the top of the bars!
These bars are really good! My daughter had a little trouble eating these with the crispy topping, but once I picked the crisps off, she was was perfectly happy eating the chocolatey, buttery bar. Dorie suggests other toppings for these instead of the rice krispies, and I think coconut would be especially good.
So far I have loved everything I have made from Baking Chez Moi. If you haven’t bought it yet, go run out and get it!
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I love a good square. These look sooo good.
Want. Want, want, want. That is all I have to say. (Except that your squares look so good!)
They look beautiful, Karen! And I know they were wonderfully delicious!!
Beautiful looking bars! These were a tasty treat, and ohhh, the topping – dangerously good. 🙂
Looks yammie!