Almond Roca Cookie Bars
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Serves: 24-32
 
If you like Almond Roca then these bar cookies will be a hit in your household.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ⅓ cup almonds, coarsely chopped
Instructions
  1. Mix the sugars, egg yolk and flour.
  2. Cut the cold butter into small cubes and cut the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry blender, two forks or your fingers.
  3. Spread the cookie crust into a greased 9x13 pan.
  4. Bake it for 25 minutes at 325 degrees.
  5. Cool the crust slightly.
  6. Melt the chocolate pieces over low heat in a small saucepan, stirring constantly.
  7. Remove the chocolate from the heat just as it has all melted being careful not to overcook the chocolate.
  8. Spread the melted chocolate over the cooled cookie crust.
  9. Sprinkle chopped almonds on top.
  10. Let the bars rest in the pan until the chocolate hardens.
  11. Especially if it is warm out the bars may be soft and fragile. You can cover them with plastic wrap and let them firm up overnight or even refrigerate them.
  12. Cut the cookie bars into small squares.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/almond-roca-cookie-bars/