Toffee Bars Made Easy have a shortbread base covered with melted chocolate chips and chopped pecans. Impressive but quick to make when time is short!
When pressed for time, would you rather make a recipe you know by heart or one hiding in a cookbook or messy recipe file?
Yep! That’s what I thought. Like you, I go with what I know to save time.
Given the above, I have good news…
You won’t need a written recipe for long with these easy cookies. Here’s a trick I use so I don’t have to look up the recipe.
Remember 1/4.
The “1” stands for 1 cup of flour. The “4” stands for the 4 ingredients in the shortbread base. Put them together and you have 1/4 which indicates the amount needed for three of the ingredients:
1 cup flour + 1/4 cup powdered sugar + 1/4 cup butter + 1/4 teaspoon salt
I’m not sure if this explanation makes sense, but it works for me.
Conveniently, I just eyeball the chocolate chips. Avoids the need to memorize that measurement.
Variations on “Toffee Bars Made Easy”:
The possibilities for topping these bars are numerous. The cookies you see in the top photo are covered with semi-sweet chocolate chips and pecans. My oldest son goes crazy for them.
My husband likes the bars pictured below featuring half chocolate chips and half white chocolate chips.
Next, I may try peanut butter chips marbled with chocolate chips. And how about melted chocolate chips topped with toasted almonds? Yum!
How to line a pan for clean and easy removal:
A parchment paper or foil sling is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to enable you to remove these cookies from the pan without crumbling. With that in mind, see directions in the picture tutorial below.
Toffee Bars Made Easy
These layered bars have a shortbread base covered with melted chocolate chips and chopped pecans.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or flavor of your choice
- 1/8 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Make a parchment paper or foil sling for 8-inch pan. This is essential if you are to have any hope of getting the bars out of the pan without crumbling. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Stir flour, sugar and salt together in small bowl. Pour in melted butter and stir. Use fingers to thoroughly mix butter with dry ingredients.
- Dump butter/flour mixture in to pan and pat down smooth. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Immediately after removing from the oven, sprinkle chips evenly over the surface of shortbread cookie base. Allow to sit until all chips are completely melted and soft.
- VERY carefully use a knife or back of a spoon to spread soft chips in an even layer. If desired, sprinkle chopped, toasted nuts over the top. Put in refrigerator until chocolate layer hardens. Remove cookies and sling from pan carefully. Slice into 16 pieces.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 93 Total Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 8mg Sodium: 59mg Carbohydrates: 11g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 5g Protein: 1g
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shailesh
i make tofee plz guide me
Mary @ Delightful Bitefuls
Oh wow! This look wonderful!!!
Mary xo
Delightful Bitefuls
Jayde
I just made these and they are delicious! I’m quite a novice baker so I’m a little confused as to how these should be stored – in the refrigerator or in an air-tight container? It is currently winter where I’m from (New Zealand), so could these be kept outside? Thanks! 🙂
M.
beautiful,very decadent and dangerous!!!
🙂
Cherine
These look irresistible!
Kate
These look great and the fact that they are a lower calorie dessert makes them even more appealing before bathing suit season! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Der
Ellie and I actually made these…. and they are YUMMY and EASY! I wished I had some crumbled Heath bar to put on top. We put marshmallows on 1/3, chocolate chips on 1/3, and M&Ms on 1/3. M&Ms were the best but dont spread well – haha.
Thanks for the recipe and I LOVE your pics of course!
Susan
Oh, what a great tip. I will remember that 1/4. Those do look yummy!
Katrina
Mmm! Nothing like simple AND delicious!
Kayte
Love easy…love easy especially when teen boys drop by to visit with son and enjoy a treat like this one. Thanks for the recipe!
Crystal's Cozy Kitchen
Those look REALLY GOOD! Thanks for sharing such an easy version.
MaryMoh
That looks very easy and delicious. I would love to try this and share with friends. Thanks for sharing.
mike
Um…. you use gloves. (good thing I don’t take prep photos of my desserts)! 🙂 I love, love, love toffee bars – they are so classic. I love your “twists” and variations – especially the pecans. So many toffee recipes call for walnuts (not a big fan) so I usually sub almonds. The peanut butter/chocolate combo sounds like a winner as well. Photography is fabulous!
Romaine
M, I use gloves a lot–feels natural because I wear them all day long at work too.