Coffee toffee bars

36 Bars

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Butter; softened
1 cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
1 teaspoon Almond extract
2 tablespoons Instant coffee powder
½ teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 cups All-purpose flour up to 2 1/4 c
1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup Blanched almonds; chopped
1 tablespoon Butter; softened
¾ cup Confectioner's sugar
⅛ teaspoon Almond extract
1 To 2 tbs milk

Directions

GLAZE

Cream butter, then gradually add the brown sugar and cream well.

Blend in the almond extract, coffee powder, baking powder, and salt.

Add the flour to form a stiff dough. Stir in chocolate chips and chopped almonds. Press into a well-greased 15 by 10 by 1 inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Frost if desired To make glaze: Combine the butter, confectioner's sugar and almond extract. Add the milk gradually, until mixture is spreading consistancy. Spread on cooled sheet, cut into bars.

Nutritional info per serving: 138 cal; 1g pro, 17g carb, 8g fat (50%) Source: Biltmore Heights Garden Club Cookbook Miami Herald 4/4/96 formatted by Lisa Crawford, 4/12/96

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