Toffee Nut Bars, a Vintage Recipe |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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A great bar cookie recipe, not gooey or chewy. There is a chopped nut base, then a crumb layer, then a thin spongy spicy cake-y layer. The amounts of spices can be adjusted to your taste. These work pretty well for me. From the archives in my collection. My daughter requested these, reminding me that I used to make them a lot. Things do get mislaid, though. And/or forgotten. Naaahhhh, who forgets anything at my age?! Ingredients:
1 cup nuts, chopped |
1 1/2 cups sugar |
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed |
2 cups flour |
1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup butter |
1 egg |
3/4 teaspoon salt |
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated |
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup sour milk |
1/4 teaspoon allspice |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 tablespoon coffee or 1 tablespoon instant coffee, dissolved in a little water |
Directions:
1. Mix together as for pie crust: the sugar, brown sugar, flour and butter.
2. Sprinkle bottom of 11 x 15 pan ungreased with 1 cup chopped nuts, then with 2 cups of above mixture.
3. Beat together the remaining ingredients.
4. Stir into flour mix. Pour over mix in pan, spreading gently and evenly.
5. Bake in a 350 oven 35-40 minute.
6. Cut into as many bars as desired.
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