Dark Chocolate Toffee Bars
By: Ginny
Published: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 2:09pm

Ingredients




Crust
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 egg yolk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping
12 ounces dark chocolate chips (or at least bittersweet)
1 cup shelled walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350.  Grease a 9 x 12-inch baking pan. 2 Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add egg yolk, beat well 3 Sift in flour and salt, mixing well, then stir in vanilla. 4 Spread batter in the prepared pan. 5 Bake for 25 minutes. 6 Cover crust layer with chocolate chips and return to oven for 3 to 4 minutes. (Set the timer!) 7 Remove pan from oven and spread melted chocolate evenly with a spatula. 8 Sprinkle with nuts. 9 Cool completely in pan before cutting.

About


Light, buttery, crisp, and chocolaty.
These bars are comprised of a "crust layer" which is baked and then, while it's hot, spread with chocolate chips and topped with pecans.