Coffee Toffee Bars

Yum Yum Yum!  I think we might even like these more than the Peanut Butter Bars I made the other weekend.

Ingredients:

•1 cup soft butter

•1 cup brown sugar

•1 teaspoon almond extract

•1 tablespoon instant coffee (up To 2 tablespoons for more flavor - I just used 1 but next time I might try more)

•½ teaspoons baking powder

•¼ teaspoons salt

•2-½ cups flour

•1 cup chocolate chips (up To 2 cups.  I just used a full 1 cup)

It was a great chance to use my KitchenAid mixer. 

Question - what is the difference between baking soda and baking powder?  I'll admit I used baking soda instead of baking powder. 

All spread out on the pan and ready to bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.

I wanted to finish off a bag of Ghirardelli (the bigger chocolate chips) so you can see I have two different sizes.  Can you notice I tried to flip all the big ones so they were flat and not upside down or sideways?  I thought they might look nicer that way.  :o)

Who's ready for dessert?

I love the crispy edges.

Cut and ready to share.  Save some for yourself though!

DELISH!

PS Maybe this is common knowledge, but I just learned this pretty recently from MILK (just came up with this nick name for my Mother in law Kate) - stick a little piece of bread in your opened packages of brown sugar.  It keeps the sugar from hardening up. :o)