The Basics: How to Make Seven-Layer Bars
Shockingly easy
From the store to the kitchen to the table: We outline the steps that get you from something raw to something cooked using simple ingredients, free of measurements and complicated techniques. A method that you can have in your back pocket and whip out whenever you like. We call it recipe-free cooking.

- a 13-by-9-inch baking dish
- a knife
- a stick of unsalted butter
- eight crushed graham crackers
- two generous handfuls of sweetened shredded coconut
- three handfuls (a half bag) of chocolate chips
- two generous handfuls of coarsely chopped nuts (any kind)
- one can of sweetened condensed milk
Illustrations by Bill Russell

