Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

Not the usual run-of-the-mill recipe found here on 'Zaar...doesn't use canned milk or candy bars...just uses what you'd normally have in the cupboard. Courtesy of Baker's Chocolate/General Foods; recipe untried but looks yummy; placed here for safekeeping.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 36
• Yields: 36 bars

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup butter (Smart Balance brand, preferred)
• 1⁄2 cup egg substitute (Egg Beaters brand, preferred)
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 10  ounces chocolate chips
• 1 1⁄2 cups walnuts, chopped (or your choice)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 13x9 baking pan.
2. Combine flour with baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
3. In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar; add the egg substitute and the vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture, beating well.
4. Stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture until blended; stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips.
5. Spread mixture into the greased baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over the top; cover with foil (to hold in heat) for about 2 minutes, until the chocolate is soft and spreadable.
7. Spread chocolate over the surface of the bars and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.
8. Let cool completely, then cut into 36 bars before cooling.