TOFFEE NUT BARS, A VINTAGE RECIPE

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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?!

Provided by Jezski

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 45m

Yield 36-40 cookie bars, 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup nuts, chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 cups flour
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

Steps:

  • Mix together as for pie crust: the sugar, brown sugar, flour and butter.
  • Sprinkle bottom of 11 x 15 pan ungreased with 1 cup chopped nuts, then with 2 cups of above mixture.
  • Beat together the remaining ingredients.
  • Stir into flour mix. Pour over mix in pan, spreading gently and evenly.
  • Bake in a 350 oven 35-40 minute.
  • Cut into as many bars as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 369.2, Fat 8, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 19.6, Sodium 430.2, Carbohydrate 70.1, Fiber 2, Sugar 47.9, Protein 6.4

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