A crumbly, shortbread cookie crust is topped with a sweet, gooey, chocolate, toffee and almond topping. This chewy bar cookie comes together in almost no time, perfect if you’re looking for something quick and delicious to make for the holidays.
I saw this recipe on Crazy for Crust and Dorothy raved about how much she loves this bar and makes it over and over again. I decided it would be the perfect finale to my 12 weeks of Christmas cookies.
The recipe originally came from Land O’ Lakes. I changed it up a bit and decided to make the crust in the food processor, so it came together even more quickly.
This is another recipe that I loved watching bake in the oven. The topping changes from a milky color as the chocolate and toffee melt and get bubbly to a rich amber/chocolate color.
I packed up my cookie boxes with this year’s 12 Weeks of Christmas cookies that I’d been diligently saving in the freezer and gave them away over the weekend to friends and family.
My family’s favorite cookies this year were the Lemon Bar Cookie Cups, the Chewy Caramel Stuffed Sugar Cookies, the Fudge-Filled Toffee Pecan Sandies, and the Chocolate Fudge Butterfinger Cookies, but there wasn’t one that we didn’t like.
Wishing you all happy holidays with lots of delicious, homemade cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1 cup cold butter
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (8-ounce) package milk chocolate English toffee bits
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, sugar and 1/4 cup almonds by pulsing 3 to 4 times. Add butter and pulse 8 to 10 times until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press into ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Combine sweetened condensed milk, egg and vanilla in small bowl. Add toffee bits and 1/4 cup almonds. Pour mixture over hot, partially baked crust. Top with remaining 1/4 almonds. Continue baking for 23 to 27 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares.
Notes
adapted from Land O' Lakes
This post is week 12 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies posts. I hope you got some great ideas. Please check out all of the fabulous cookies the other 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies (and sweets) bakers baked up for this week.
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I love to bake, especially cookies, cakes, and pies. I’ll post my adventures in the kitchen, my favorite new recipes, as well as our family favorites.
These look great and easy too!!
I love toffee treats! I can’t wait to make these!
Superb toffee recipe. A must try for the holidays.
These look wonderful- I LOVE toffee!
You had me at Almond Toffee. Thanks for always making baking look delicious AND doable!
Marvelous! Those bars are surely delicious. I’d love to be the lucky recient of one of those great cookie boxes… ;-P
Cheers,
Rosa
The toffee bars look great, just like that box of cookies. Would love to try them all!
Ummm..I don’t even know what to say because it might be incoherent. Well, since I’m typing it won’t be – I must have these soon! Almond toffee bars are one of my favorite things in the world, including non-food related. Yours are it! So sad to see week 12 upon you, but I know you’ll continue to tempt us with more
Oh my. Even if I covered my eyes I could not resist these!
I am so glad you like them! They still are one of my all time favorite cookies. Hmmm…maybe I should make them again.
This is a great, easy recipe. I love chocolate and almonds together. Your box of cookies looks wonderful – you have some lucky friends and family!
I love a shortbread cookie crust. These bars look fantastic!
What a lovely box of cookies, Barbara. Your recipients must have been thrilled. The bars today have all my favorite flavors.
Ooh these sound perfect for Mr NQN’s lunchbox! Thanks mum! xxx
These are a must-make for my house, toffee bits are a favorite. And I fondly remember the lemon bar cups, yuumm
Hope you are feeling better!
these sound like the perfect little treat/dessert for the holidays. I love toffee anything
Looks great, and sounds even better.
This will certainly be a hit served at parties during this festive season. Looks so yummy!
you have shared so many GREAT recipes for the 12 weeks! Thank you!
I love almonds! ALL types!!! Toasted, Roasted, Unsalted, Raw, Smoked or Natural lol anything to do with almonds and throw toffee into the mix just SUPERB!
Thanks for the recipe! So excited about making this!
love how you bake so much ! i like the flavors in these bars. hope you’re having a fun festive season
These bars look so fantastic. I love toffee! It’s hard for me to bake with them because I end up eating the whole bag beforehand
Barbara … wow I love toffee bars, but with almonds yay!! great recipe!!
C’est un délice
Je te souhaite un excellente Week-end
Valérie.
Delicious and so perfect to snack on this time of year while decorating, wrapping gifts, etc. And I couldn’t leave a comment on your gorgeous raspberry-cream cheese braid from the other day but wow was it stunning! Your house must smell extra special around the holidays! Oooh and first Xmas as a grandma?!!! xo
Barbara, your friends and family are lucky! I love the boxes; they look like they are from a bakery (and I guess they are!)
What a wonderful gift for your family & friends! One of my fondest childhood memories is the annual box of decorated Christmas Cookies from a family friend. We enjoyed every crumb!
~Judy
I can never decide which of my favorites to eat… you solved it.
Cookie and toffee together! Does that mean I only get one?
mm…toffee and almond..that’s the killer combination.
These look fabulous! I love toffee!
I love a bar cookie- especially one that sounds as good as these do. Toffee and almonds- yum!
I love toffee anything and these look delicious! Thanks for sharing and participating in the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies these last few months!
Barbara, Between your description and your photos, I’m drooling:) Merry Christmas!
Who wouldn’t love a box full of this???
These sound like the perfect Christmas cookie!
You are so good at stashing those cookies away. They all sound so good but I’m partial to this chocolate and toffee bar. I’m starting to find my mojo. I’ve made stuff, just never seem to get to the picture stage.
Thanks for the recipe! I have a big box of toffee bits and I have been trying to figure out what to do with them, this looks perfect. I’ve made toffee bars with melted chocolate and nuts on top, but this idea is great!