Here are two versions of the Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk Magic Cookie Bars recipe. The first recipe is from 1970. This recipe includes Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, sugar, margarine or butter, Diamond walnuts, semi-sweet chocolate morsels, flaked coconut, and Borden Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk.
The second recipe does not contain a date, but the other recipes in the Jorgensen Collection are dated from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. I estimate that the recipe was published in the mid- 1980’s. The recipe is close to 1970, but the Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and sugar are replaced with Graham cracker crumbs.
Also on the site is an advertisement from a 1940s publication for Eagle Brand Magic Cookies. These “Five Way Cookies” are made by combining one can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk and 1/2 cup peanut butter, then adding one of the five possible ingredients – two cups raisins, two cups corn flakes, three cups coconut, two cups bran flakes, or on cup nut meats, chopped. These three ingredient cookies were dropped by the spoonful onto a buttered baking sheet and baked for fifteen minutes in a moderate oven (375 degrees). This recipe makes about 30 cookies.
Magic Cookie Bars - 1970
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKE CRUMBS
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup 1 stick regular margarine or butter, melted
- 1 cup coarsely chopped DIAMOND WALNUTS
- 1 cup 6-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate morsels
- 1 1/3 cups 3 1/2-ounce can flaked coconut
- 1 can BORDEN EAGLE BRAND SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK
Method
- Measure Corn Flake Crumbs, sugar, and margarine into a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; mix thoroughly. With the back of a tablespoon press the mixture evenly and firmly in the bottom of the pan to form a crust.
- Sprinkle Walnuts evenly over crust. Scatter chocolate morsels over Walnuts. sprinkle coconut evenly over chocolate morsels. Pour Sweetened Condensed Milk (Sweetened Condensed Milk must be used) evenly over coconut.
- Bake in a moderate oven (350-degrees) for about 25 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool. Cut into bars.
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Notes
Magic Cookie Bars - 1980s
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (14 ounce)
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 can flaked coconut (3.5 ounce can or 1.5 cups)
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for glass dish).
- In a 9x13-inch baking pan, melt margarine in oven.
- Sprinkle crumbs over margarine, pour sweentend condensed milk evenly over crumbs.
- Top with remaining ingreedients; press down.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into bars.
- Store loosely covered at room temperature.
