If you love bars with layers of goodness, you will love these delicious Mississippi Delta Bars.
Why You’ll Love These Mississippi Delta Bars
If you love a bar that starts with a cake bottom, a gooey center, and a crispy top, these are for you. I will say we saw a few recipes where these were made in a 9X13 and thin, but we wanted to try to make them thicker and in a 9X9 and these turned out fantastic. We were all shocked at how good these are.
Some people say..
I read that the original recipe came from a Betty Crocker cookbook, and others say these are very similar to Mud Hen Bars. I am not really sure the origin, we pulled a few recipes and then made this our own. We wanted a thicker bar and one that was made in a 9X9 and we thought this was great!
Are they supposed to be gooey?
Yes, these bars have a cake-like bottom, and then a gooey center, and the top is crisp. It’s really wild how these bars are set up, and you do want the center to be gooey; that is what makes them so good. They can be slightly messy and a little difficult to remove from the pan. You can use parchment paper for easy removal if you like.
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Mississippi Delta Bars
If you love a bar with a cake bottom, gooey center and a crisp top, save this delicious recipe!
- 1 stick or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup salted butter softened
- 2 egg yolks save the whites separate for use in topping
- 1/2 cup milk I used 2%
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Topping Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup of chopped pecans
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Spray an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish with cooking spray. In a bowl add butter, egg yolks, milk, white sugar and vanilla extract. Mix with mixer.
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In another bowl whisk together flour and baking powder. Combine the two and mix. Batter will be thick.
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Add the chocolate chips with a spoon. Spread batter in baking dish.
Topping Instructions
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For the topping mix the egg whites in a bowl with mixer until starts to thicken.
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Mix in brown sugar and beat until peaks form and fold in nuts. Spread over the base mixture.
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Bake in preheated 325 degree oven 40 minutes. Let cool before cutting. Makes approximately 9 bars.
These bars will have a gooey layer underneath the crispy top and then a cake-like bottom.
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