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Chocolate Almond Bars

Source of Recipe


Paula Deen's Christmas (2010 Special Issue)



List of Ingredients



• 1 cup butter, softened
  
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  
• 1 large egg
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• ½ tsp almond extract
  
• 1½ cups semisweet chocolate morsels
  
• 1 cup chopped almonds
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a 13- x 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
   
   
2. In a medium bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until creamy. Add egg, beating well. Gradually add flour, beating until blended. Add extracts, stirring until combined. Press dough into prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
   
   
3. Sprinkle chocolate morsels over top. Bake 4 minutes longer or until morsels are melted and spreading consistency. Spread chocolate over top. Lightly score and sprinkle with nuts, lightly pressing nuts into chocolate. Cool completely. Slice into bars.
   
   Makes 30 (3- x 1½-inch) bars.