Recipe: Toffee Crunch Squares

I whipped these squares up one afternoon for a get-together that following evening. They are as tasty as they are easy to make.

Ingredients  

1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 bag (200g) Chipits Skor Toffee Bits
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions

1. Attach the flat beater to the stand mixer. In the stand mixer bowl add butter, brown sugar and eggs. Attach bowl to mixer and beat on Speed 4 until well blended
2. Add two cups of flour,baking soda and powder then mix on Speed 4 until well mixed. Lesson of the day: Be sure to put your plastic guard over your bowl or else you will have an cloud of flour!
3. Mix in the 1 cup of Skor bits and/or chocolate chips. For my recipe, I did not include chocolate chips
4. Spread evenly in a greased 13x9 inch baking dish
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 23-28 minutes until golden brown
6. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle with the remaining Skor Bits 
7. Let cool then cut into squares 
8. Stores well in a sealed container for 5-7 days 

Recipe in Photos: 

The batter with chips mixed in - a very sticky consistency

After baking with remaining bits sprinkled on top

Lesson of the day: Notice the shield over the the bowl. This was placed on AFTER making the mess!

This recipe felt super quick and easy to pull off thanks to the stand mixer. A 2.5 rating might be more appropriate because I think this recipe could be easily accomplished using other approaches. Nevertheless, the stand mixer came in handy when I was looking to whip these up real quick for the afternoon get together I took them to.