Chocolate Hazelnut Bars

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
  • Yield: 24bars

    • About This Recipe

    “Holy chocorama! This is a holiday keeper!”

    Ingredients

    Base

  • 1 1/2 cupsflour
  • 1/2 cupbrown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1/2 cupunsalted butter, at room temp

    • Topping

  • 1/2 cupcocoa
  • 2teaspoonsflour
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 3largeeggs
  • 1/3 cupunsalted butter, at room temp
  • 1 1/2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
  • 2cupsbrown sugar
  • 2 1/2 cupstoasted hazelnuts, chopped
  • 2cupsshredded sweetened coconut

    • Directions

  • BASE.
  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Grease a 9×13 baking pan.
  • Stir together the flour with the brown sugar and salt.
  • Slowly stir in the butter and mix until crumbly.
  • Press mixture into the bottom of the pan.
  • Bake until golden, around 15 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to 325°.
  • TOPPING.
  • In a small bowl whisk together the cocoa with the flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In a large bowl whisk together eggs with the butter, vanilla and sugar.
  • Whisk in cocoa mixture and stir to well blended.
  • Stir in the nuts and coconut.
  • Pour over top of baked crust.
  • Shake a bit to level top.
  • Bake in oven until middle is firm, around 30 minutes.
  • Remove and cool in pan on a rack.

    • Reviews

  • “This is a great bar, they go fast!! I used almonds instead of hazelnuts only becauseI did’nt have any.. I LOVE THIS BAR!!”

  • “Great! I actually used a mix of chopped almonds and walnuts for a double-nut bar. Nice and chewy.”

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