White Chocolate-Macadamia Bars
A chewy bar crammed with chunks of white chocolate and macadamia nuts. This recipe works best if you use a high
quality white chocolate. Makes 15 bars
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3/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts |
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1 cup all-purpose flour |
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
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1 egg pinch salt |
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1 cup packed brown sugar |
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1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
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2/3 cup butter or margarine, unsalted |
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4 (1 ounce) squares white chocolate |
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Put nuts on a cookie sheet and bake for about 7 minutes. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.2 In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed.
3 Melt the butter over low heat and add to egg mixture along with vanilla. Mix well.
4 Sift the flour, baking soda and salt onto a piece of wax paper. Resift and add to egg mixture, beating slowly. Mix until just blended.
5 Coarsely chop the white chocolate and fold into mixture. Stir in macadamia nuts.
6 Pour batter into baking pan. Bake for 28 to 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
7 Place on wire rack and let cool.