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374                  C OOKIES , B ARS ,  AND      B ROWNIES


                                  CHOCOLATE
                                  CHOCOLATE
                            HELLO DOLLIES
                            HELLO DOLLIES



                  bar cookie similar to this
                                                    1 package (18.25 ounces) devil’s food cake
                  was all the rage when I was          mix with pudding
                                                    8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, at room
                  growing up. This is a crispy
                                                       temperature, cut into 8 pieces
           chocolate cake mix version of that
                                                    1 cup butterscotch chips
           cookie, and one that takes only 10       1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

           minutes to prepare and less than         1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
                                                    1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
           30 minutes to bake. This bar has
                                                    1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed
           all the goodies—butterscotch chips,
                                                       milk
           chocolate chips, coconut, and
           chopped pecans or walnuts. It’s so       1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
                                                    and preheat the oven to 350°F. Set aside
           scrumptious,
                                                    an ungreased 15- by 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
           your mouth will
                                                    2. Place the cake mix and butter in a
           greet it with                            large mixing bowl. Cut the butter into
           a big wel-                               the cake mix with two knives or a pastry
                                                    blender until the mixture is crumbly.
           coming “Hello!”
                                                    Sprinkle this mixture over the bottom of
                                                    the jelly-roll pan and press it into the pan
                                                    with your fingertips to form a crust.

                     MAKES: 48 BARS                 3. Sprinkle the top of the crust evenly
                                                    with the butterscotch chips, chocolate
             PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES
                                                    chips, coconut, and nuts. Pour the sweet-
             BAKING TIME: 25 TO 30 MINUTES
                                                    ened condensed milk evenly over all the
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