Recipe - Cherbourg's S'mores Bars

In Columbus we have two GF bakeries. Two! What a treat. It's a truly great thing, especially as they both offer different styles of items to buy. If you're looking for more french-style items, as well as the usual cookies & cupcakes etc. then Cherbourg bakery is the place to be. They offer everything from cream puffs to lemon bars to zucchini cake and also a wonderful thing called a S'mores Bar.

They are sticky and chocolatey and cookie dough like and are just all round amazing. They're the first thing that anyone wants when you say you're going there, they're that good. Heaven. Then, I was recently told that the owner of Cherbourg is a legend and writes her own blog with recipes from the bakery! So, I've gone ahead and stolen the recipe, but credit where credit is due, this thing of beauty is all theirs and we are just here to enjoy it. After cooking mine, they were a bit more underdone than what they're usually like at Cherbourg, but I liked that. Caleb did too. He wanted to eat the entire dish and it was hard for me to not slowly eat it all over a few days.

If you make them like me, the dough might be a bit wetter than Cherbourg's, resulting in a softer bar. Which I think is just AOK! If you want yours a bit firmer, then just add slightly more flour if the batter is too runny/sticky for you!

So, here is the recipe for Cherbourg's S'mores Bars!

S'mores Bars

Ingredients

- 2 2/3rds C of GF flour (with xantham gum already included)
- 1 1/2 C  ginger snap cookies (I used GF cookies I found in Kroger - seen below!)
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 8oz. salted butter
- 1 1/2 C white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 C semi sweet choc chips
- 2 C marshmallow fluff

Directions

- Butter a 9 x 13 dish

- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.

- In a separate bowl mix the butter and sugar together until fluffy.

- Add in the crushed ginger biscuits and mix well. 

- Beat in eggs, one at a time and also add vanilla until smooth.

- Fold in the dry mixture bit by bit until fully combined.

- Split the dough into two with one being bigger than the other.

- Flatten out the larger portion of dough along the bottom of the dish, until it's even. 

- Sprinkle half the chocolate chips on top and press into the dough. 

- Take your marshmallow fluff and spread along the dish. If you need to use more fluff, do! I don't think I used enough & it is never bad to have more! 

- Then chuck the rest of the choc chips over the marshmallow.

- Using the rest of the dough, roll into balls & then flatten out, pressing on top of the fluff. Leave patches open, so it creates an uneven look when it bakes. 

- Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.

- Make sure to let them cool FULLY before you try and cut them up! 

                                       Before baking                                                                 After baking

YUMMY!