Dark Chocolate Toffee Bars

Ingredients

Crust

1/2 teaspoon salt

Topping

12 ounces dark chocolate chips (or at least bittersweet)

1 cup shelled walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9 x 12-inch baking pan.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk, beat well

Sift in flour and salt, mixing well, then stir in vanilla.

Spread batter in the prepared pan.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Cover crust layer with chocolate chips and return to oven for 3 to 4 minutes. (Set the timer!)

Remove pan from oven and spread melted chocolate evenly with a spatula.

Sprinkle with nuts.

Cool completely in pan before cutting.

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.

30 bars

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 2:09pm

Ginny