Cappuccino Crunch Bars

"These are something a little different for a non-specific sweet craving. I made a couple of minor alterations, but the original recipe was Edwina Gadsby's submission to Home-Tested Cookie Recipes. I found that they are better a day or two after you make them."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
15
Yields:
30 bars
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Grease a 13x9-inch pan (I recommend cooking spray- if you use shortening, the bars may seem greasy once cooled).
  • Stir together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl; set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars until fluffy.
  • Beat eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Mix in dissolved and cooled coffee, extracts and orange zest.
  • Gradually mix in flour mixture.
  • Once flour is blended in, stir in chips and toffee bits.
  • Transfer batter to prepared pan and spread evenly.
  • Bake 25-35 minutes, or until golden brown.
  • Cool in pan on wire rack before cutting into bars.

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Reviews

  1. Wow! The orange zest really makes these lovely cookie bars! Absolutely beautiful flavor and I underbaked them a bit so they would stay chewy and gooey. I cut the recipe in half and used 1/4 c white and 1/4 c milk chocolate chips. These are going in the keeper file!
     
  2. My result was good and yummy but was like a cake texture wise. It was not a fudgy brownie but was nevertheless delicious. I cut back a bit on the sugar and used dark chocolate chunks. Made for ZWT 7.
     
  3. These were extremely tasty! Mine did not, however, turn out like a brownie. They were kind of like cake with a crunchy toffee bottom crust. I'm not sure if I might have over "fluffed" the butter and sugars or if it might have been because I used egg beaters instead of the actual eggs. Regardless of them not turning out quite as I had expected, I rather enjoyed the crunchy bottom crust (but it was kind of hard to get out of the pan at first). My toffee was chocolate covered and I used only about 3/4 cup white chocolate because that's what I had. I used orange extract (didn't have any fresh oranges) and cut down on it (only 1/4 tsp) since one reviewer suggested that the orange overpowered the coffee flavor. These really were great though! Thanks for posting such a tasty alternative to brownies!
     
  4. These are really good. Sweet, yes, but very flavorful. My husband is not always a big fan of sweets, but he thought these were the best brownies ever. Moist and chewy. The only thing I might do differently next time is leave out about 1/4 cup of butter, as there was quite a lot of butter visible in the bottom of the pan. Thanks for posting!
     
  5. I cut down the sugar in this recipe by about 1/4 cup. I also used brown chocolate chips since the grocery store didn't have white and chocolate covered toffee bits. The bars are very good and very sweet. Made for ZWT4
     
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Tweaks

  1. I am requested to make these for work frequently. They are VERY sweet. I use 2 tsp of vanilla instead of the vanilla and almond and I use chocolate covered toffee bits instead of plain toffee bits. They are very gooey in the middle. Don't put them down on a piece of paper unless you want to see how much grease comes out of them. Think I'll go make some right now.
     

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