Toffee bars are superb for holidays or parties. This dessert is a medley of buttery brown sugar shortbread with great toffee taste, dark chocolate, toffee bits and a generous amount of chopped mixed nuts. They are so easy to make and absolutely decadent.
Toffee Bars
Toffee bars are superb for holidays or parties. This dessert is a medley of buttery brown sugar shortbread with great toffee taste, dark chocolate, toffee bits and a generous amount of chopped mixed nuts. They are so easy to make and absolutely decadent.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour sifted
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 cups Dark Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Chopped Nuts or Toffee Bits Almonds and Walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Line a 11x7x2 rectangular pan with parchment paper – this will lift the toffee bars from the baking pan easily after baking.
- Roast the nuts in the oven and chop them coarsely.
- Using a mixer bowl with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg yolk, vanilla, and salt.
- On low speed, gradually beat in the flour just until well combined.
- Press the dough evenly over the bottom of the prepared baking pan.
- Bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until light brown in color.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle immediately the chocolate chips all over the baked shortbread. Once the chocolate chips are melting, spread the chocolate evenly using an offset spatula.
- Sprinkle the chopped nuts or toffee bits on top.
- Place the pan on wire rack to cool down, about 20 minutes.
- Chill the toffee bars in the fridge to set faster.
- Lift the toffee bars from the pan and cut into 15 squares.
Notes
- Do not use baking chocolate chips, they will not totally melt on top of the shortbread.
- You can sprinkle different kinds of nuts.
- You can replace the dark chocolate with milk chocolate.
