Chocolate Macadamia Nut Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
• 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts, toasted
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels or 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate, morsals

Recipe

• 1 1. prehead over to 230°f grease a 13-by-9 in baking pan.
• 2 2. t prepare the crust, combine flour and sugar in the bowl of a food processor. process about 10 seconds to combine thoroughly. add butter and process until mixture is crumbly, about 30 seconds. transfer crumbs to prepared pan and press firmly to make a compact layer. scatter nuts evenly over crust and press thm in firmly.
• 3 3. to prepare the caramel layer, melt butter in a heavy medium size saucepan over low heat. add brown sugar and stir well until thoroughly combined and smooth. increase heat to medium-high and cook, stirring constantly, until entire surface of caramel is bubbly. immediately pour hot caramel over nuts and spread evenly with back of a metal spoon. bake 18-20 minutes or until caramel is bubbly.
• 4 4. remove pan from oven. wait 1 minute: sprinkle chocolate morsels evenly over caramel. let stand 2 to 3 minutes for chocolate to melt. spread chocolate evenly with spatula or back of a metal spoon. cool completely, then refrigerate 30 minutes to set. cut into bars with a sharp knife. makes 36 bars.