{"id":3691,"date":"2026-04-15T23:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:24:35","slug":"congo-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/congo-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Congo Bars Chewy Chocolate Chip Bars<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>\u2154 cup butter (melted)<\/li>\n<li>2\u00bc cups brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) \u00bd\u20131 cup chopped nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat your oven to <strong>350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, mix <strong>flour, baking powder, and salt<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl, combine <strong>melted butter + brown sugar<\/strong> until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Add the <strong>eggs one by one<\/strong>, mixing well after each.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the <strong>vanilla extract<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in <strong>chocolate chips (and nuts if using)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the batter evenly into a greased baking pan (about 9\u00d713 inch).<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>25\u201330 minutes<\/strong> until golden on top.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool, then cut into bars and enjoy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t overbake \u2192 they should stay <strong>soft and chewy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You can mix chocolate chips + white chocolate or butterscotch for more flavor.<\/li>\n<li>These are like a mix between <strong>brownies and cookies blondies<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Congo Bars Chewy Chocolate Chip Bars Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder \u00bd tsp salt \u2154 cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3693,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions\/3693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}