While I have plenty of old favorites to bake at the holidays, I am always happy to find new ones. And I think this is definitely a new favorite. My mom got my sister and me a book from Hallmark this year called Very Merry Cookie Party. I haven’t had a chance to go through it yet, but my sister did and found this recipe. I think it will be making it into my yearly baking.
Toffee Squares
What you need:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2 cup flour
1 bag milk chocolate chips
1 cup chopped toasted almonds or 1 cup toffee baking bits
How to make it:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 13 x 9 pan.
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar. Beat in the egg yolk, vanilla, and salt. Gradually beat in the flour, just until mixed. Pat the dough evenly over the bottom of the pan.
Bake in center of oven until pale gold on top, about 20 minutes.
Remove pan from oven and scatter the chocolate chips evenly over crust. Return to oven for 1 minute. Remove pan and spread the chocolate evenly over the crust. Sprinkle evenly with the almonds or toffee baking bits.
Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
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