Title: Yuletide Toffee Squares
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 72 servings
4 1/2 c Rolled oats
Quick-cooking
Or old fashioned
1 c Brown sugar, packed
3/4 c Butter or margarine; melted
1/2 c Corn syrup; light or dark
1 tb Vanilla extract
1/2 ts Salt; optional
12 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 c Chopped nuts; optional
Recipe by: Woman's Day, Holiday Baking 1994
Preheat oven to 400 degrees; grease a 15 1/2 x 10 1/2-inch jelly roll
pan. In a large bowl, combine the oats,sugar, butter, corn syrup, vanilla
extract and salt; mix well. Firmly press the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bakefor 15 to 18 minutes, or until the mixture is brown and bubbly. Remove
from oven. Immediately sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the
toffee. Let stand for 10 minutes.
Spread the chocolate evenly over the toffee; sprinkle with the nuts.
Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. To serve, cut into squares.
Penny Halsey
