This cookie recipe has been around forever. There are infinite variations of it around the Internet, sometimes under different names. My mother-in-law calls them Hello Dolly Bars. I got this version from my aunt at least a couple of decades ago. I debated posting yet another incarnation until a friend asked me recently for the recipe.

I feel it is my duty as a recipe blogger to spread awareness about such important things as what is possibly the world’s easiest cookie recipe. Seriously, there’s no mixing, rolling or shaping. Just dump the ingredients in the pan in the proper order and bake. And they are oh-so-addicting! Truly these “magic” cookies were aptly named.