Toffee Squares

Name: Toffee Squares
Yield: Makes 24 bars
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1/3 cup packed (2 1/3 ounces), dark brown sugar; 1/3 cup (1 1/3 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1/2 cup plain, toffee bits; 1 cup (6 ounces), milk chocolate chips; 3/4 cup, whole almonds, toasted and chopped coarse

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2015

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SERVESMakes 24 bars

TIME1 hour, plus 3 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

These sweet, easy bar cookies offer rich toffee and chocolate flavors. We use a combination of brown sugar and confectioners’ sugar to build a crunchy but tender shortbread base, which we stud with toffee bits for extra crunch. Sprinkling m...

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