Almond Malted Brittle Bars
Almond Malted Brittle Bars are seriously delicious and easy to make! Almonds, malted milk powder, chocolate chips in a crispy, crunchy cookie!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 8-10 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 4 teaspoons malted powder (such as Ovaltine)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds (in a food processor until chopped semi-fine but not too fine)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter, malted powder and salt.
- Add almond extract and mix to combine.
- With mixer on low, slowly pour in sugar then mix until mixture is creamy, about two minutes.
- Remove from mixer and stir flour in by hand with a wooden spoon until a stiff rather dry dough forms.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Press mixture into an ungreased quarter sheet pan (about 9X12), pressing to edges.
- Sprinkle top with nuts and press into dough. Any loose nuts will fall off after baking if not pressed in.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove and cool in pan.
- Once cool, flip pan over and break into irregular-sized pieces. Store in air tight container.
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