{"id":6427,"date":"2026-07-04T09:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:46:15","slug":"congo-bars-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/congo-bars-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Bars Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Congo Bars Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2154 cup (150 g) butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>2\u00bc cups (450 g) packed brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups (255 g) semisweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd\u20131 cup chopped walnuts (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Grease a <strong>10 \u00d7 15-inch<\/strong> baking pan (or use a 9 \u00d7 13-inch pan for thicker bars).<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, mix the melted butter and brown sugar until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, mixing just until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts, if using.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>25\u201330 minutes<\/strong> (or <strong>35\u201340 minutes<\/strong> if using a 9 \u00d7 13-inch pan), until the edges are golden and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Let the bars cool completely before cutting into squares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These bars are rich, chewy, and have a buttery brown sugar flavor similar to blondies, with plenty of chocolate chips in every bite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congo Bars Recipe Ingredients \u2154 cup (150 g) butter, melted 2\u00bc cups (450 g) packed brown sugar 3 large eggs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6427","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\/6427","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=6427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6429,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6427\/revisions\/6429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}