Cookie Recipes
Pecan Toffee Bars with
Browned Butter Icing
Yield: about 36 bars
Ingredients
Bars
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup milk chocolate English toffee bits
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Browned Butter Icing
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 teaspoons milk
Instructions
Bars
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream butter, sugars, salt and egg yolk with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Gradually beat in flour.
- Mix in toffee bits.
- Line a 13 x 19 inch baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil.
- Press dough evenly into bottom of baking pan.
- Sprinkle with pecans and press lightly into dough.
- Bake until lightly browned, 20 to 22 minutes.Cool.
- Drizzle with Browned Butter Icing and cut into bars to serve.
Browned Butter Icing
- Heat butter in a small saucepan over low heat until browned (be careful not to burn).
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and enough milk to make a thin icing.
- Drizzle over Pecan Toffee Bars.
Notes
* Packaged milk chocolate toffee bits can be found in the baking section of most supermarkets. If not available, use milk chocolate-coated toffee candy bars (e.g. Heath Bars).
Nutrition
Per serving Calories: 57 Total Fat: 3g Total Carbohydrates: 8g Protein: 0g Calcium: 7mg