S'mores Blondie Bars

I was with my godson a few weeks ago for a quick visit, and he was dying to make the huge Espresso Graham Crackers S'mores I had made a few months back (I'll post the recipe here soon) with my dear friend Erin (cloudykitchen.com). The graham crackers were homemade as were the marshmallows. We trashed the kitchen with this one! Lacking time, equipment, bandwidth and ingredients, I created this one bowl S'mores bar to sate his craving. It has all of the right components while keeping the task simple. I had low expectations for the final result, but everyone was delighted and, like most special treats, these disappeared in a flash! Also, recipe easily converts to gluten free.

S'mores Blondie Bars

RECIPE

ingredients- 

8 oz plus 2 Tbs organic butter, room temperature  

1 cup organic light brown sugar

2 eggs, organic, room temperature, beaten

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups AP organic flour (or gluten free flour blend)

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

8 graham crackers sheets, crushed coarse with small chunks remaining 

1/2 cup dark chocolate chunks

1/2 cup milk chocolate chunks  

1 cup mini marshmallows (this may be increased to 1 1/2)  (I used vegan marshmallows, use your favorite)

method- 

Greese a 9x13" baking pan (or similar) and line with parchment 

1- brown butter in a skillet over medium heat until golden amber. If bits gat too dark, pour through a sieve to remove. Allow to cool.  

preheat oven to 350F

2- cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy  

3- lower speed and beat in eggs and vanilla

4- by hand whisk flour, salt and baking powder and stir into butter mixture until just combined

5- gently fold in crushed graham crackers, chocolate chunks and marshmallows.  

6- bake for approximately 18 minutes until edges are golden brown, adjusting time based on pan size. Careful not to over bake as you want these to be chewy.  

8- allow to cool. Slice and serve!