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Toffee Bars
Toffee Bars are easy candy topped cookie bars that taste like English toffee!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 24 bars
Calories: 203 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 7 1/4 ounces chocolate candy bars, broken into squares. I used Hershey's Special Dark chocolate, but milk chocolate or any other type you like is fine.
- 1/2 cup toasted and chopped walnuts*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray and line your pan with a sheet of parchment paper. This is optional but helps to remove the shortbread for easy slicing. You can slice right in the pan if you prefer.
- Cream the butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, salt, and vanilla together.
- Fold in the flour and mix until the dough comes together.
- Pat the dough in the bottom of your prepared pan. Use floured fingers to get it evenly across the surface, and use an offset spatula to smooth it out.
- Bake for 25-28 minutes, just until starting to turn golden.
- As soon as the pan comes out of the oven, arrange the chocolate squares across the surface.
- Wait a few minutes for the chocolate to soften, then, using your offset spatula, spread the melted chocolate over the surface.
- Sprinkle the chopped nuts evenly over the warm chocolate.
- Allow the chocolate to firm up before slicing into 24 bars.
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Notes
- * To toast walnuts, just lay them out on a dry baking sheet and toast in a 350F oven for about 12-15 minutes. My new favorite way to toast nuts is in the microwave. Place on a sheet of parchment paper and toast on high for about a minute and a half, to two. Check them because they can burn, and the time will depend on your machine.
- Recipe slightly adapted from the Betty Crocker Cooky Book (1963)
Nutrition Information
Calories
203kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
23g
(8%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
28mg
(9%)
Sodium
30mg
(1%)
Potassium
62mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
248IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
0.03mg
(0%)
Calcium
17mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 203
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 203kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 28mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 30mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 62mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 248IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.03mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.