I made these Chocolate Cashew Toffee Bars as part of a Christmas-trio-packs to giveaway to our friends and neighbors, the other two were Chocolate Crinkles and macaroons. This was not the first time I made these bars actually, last year I came across a recipe for toffee bars using sweetened condensed milk, I just altered the recipe a bit, adding this and that but still keeping it simple. It was such a big hit that I decided to make them again this year and they never seem to have failed me. But I am really more surprised about the Chocolate Crinkles as people keep on asking me about the recipe and it seems they not that well-known here in Germany. Our neighbor drop by just today to ask for the recipe, because, apparently, her daughter keeps on asking for them. As for these toffee bars, one person, in particular, asked me to make a special batch just for him. Armin can't seem to have enough of them, it's his favorite among the three he says.
Chocolate Cashew Caramel Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 2 ⅓ cups flour
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup butter - room temperature
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamo - optional
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg - optional
- 10.5 ounces condensed milk - sweetened
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup cashew nuts
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder. Cut in the butter until the mixture becomes crumbly. Add the egg and 1 ½ cup of the chocolate chips and mix well.
- Take 1 ½ cup of the flour mixture and set aside. Add the cocoa powder to the rest and mix just a couple of times more. Press the dough with cocoa into a (9x9) pan and bake at 200°C for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and pour the condensed milk on top of the pressed dough evenly. Sprinkle the remaining crumbly dough on top and top with cashew nuts and the remaining chocolate chips.
- Bake again at 150°C for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into desired sizes once cooled.
Can i bake it in a 9x13 pan? Shorter po ba ang baking time because the bars would be thinner?
That is correct, Irene.
I got this one right. Thank you!😀
You`re very welcome...
Love all your recipes!
Aaww...that is so nice to know...
Do I turn the condensed milk into toffee first? And what are semi sweet choc chips?
Thanks!!
Hi Matt, you add the condensed milk as is. Semi-sweet chocolate droplets.
What percentage cocoa are they, because I'm a UK resident never seen semi-sweet choc chips here
Hi Matt, I found some of them in Amazon UK and Dr. Oetker should have them as well.
Hi Bebs,
I've tried this recipe last week and I loved it. I run out of cashew nuts, so instead I put dollops of peanut butter and it turned out just perfect. I'm gonna make them again for father's day this Friday in the kindy where I work. Thanks for your no bull recipes, they're spot on 🙂
Wow! Peanut butter, that sounds super! I think I would try that too! Thanks for sharing this, Elaine. ☺️ And I am sure your colleagues will love them!