Butter Toffee Bars Recipes

TERRIFIC TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and egg yolk in a large bowl; stir in flour and salt. Press dough into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until crust is light brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips over hot crust. Let stand until soft, about 5 minutes, and spread evenly; sprinkle with nuts. Cool pan on wire rack for 30 minutes.

EASY ENGLISH BUTTER TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Butter a 13x9 baking pan.
• Arrange saltines right side up in a single layer in pan.
• Melt butter and sugar over medium heat.
• Bring to boil, boil 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour over crackers, spread evenly with spatula.
• Bake for 5 minutes, if crackers move, rearrange with a fork.
• Cool for about 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle chocolate morsels over top.
• Let stand about 5 minutes the evenly spread over top.
• Cool completely, then cut in 2x1 inch bars.
• Place a pecan half over each piece.
• Store in refrigerator.

CRISP TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place a rack in the middle and place a 10-inch cast-iron skillet on it.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter on low speed for about a minute, until softened. Scrape down the bowl and the paddle.
• With the mixer running at low speed, add salt and vanilla. Add the brown sugar, then turn the speed up to medium and beat until mixture is the color of peanut butter and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl again.
• With the mixer running at low speed, shake in flour, beating just until dough holds together. Mix in nuts or chocolate just until combined.
• Remove the hot skillet from the oven and place a small lump of butter in it. As butter melts, brush it onto the bottom and sides of the pan until evenly coated.
• Dump dough into skillet and press it out to evenly fill the skillet. You can use your fingers (being careful to avoid touching the hot pan), a potato masher or the bottom of a measuring cup. Press dough down firmly to make a compact, even layer.
• Transfer to oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the top is walnut brown. You may be tempted to take it out when the edges have begun to darken, but let it continue to cook so the entire surface can take on that color. There may be bubbles visible on top of the dough; that's a good sign.
• Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan. If necessary, run a butter knife around the sides of the pan to loosen. Square off the circle shape of the pan by cutting the four rounded edges off; you will have an approximately 9-inch square. Cut the square into bars, squares or diamonds. (The rounded edges can be chopped or crumbled and used as an ice cream topping.)
• Let the bars cool completely before removing from pan. Use a small spatula or butter knife to transfer them to paper towels to blot the buttery bottoms. Store in airtight container; they keep well for up to 1 week.

TOLL HOUSE BUTTER TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Beat sugar and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy; add egg yolk; beat well.
• Beat in flour.
• Press evenly on to bottom of un-greased 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned and center is still slightly soft and sprinkle with morsels.
• Let stand for 3 minutes or until morsels are shiny; spread evenly.
• Sprinkle with toffee chips.
• Cool for 1 hour; cut into bars with sharp knife while slightly warm.