TOFFEE BARS (WITH A TWIST) 7 DECEMBER 2022
As I'm perusing YT videos for things to bake, I see something called "Christmas Crack". NOT a very prepossessing title, but I HAD to check it out. Turns out to be the same recipe for TOFFEE BARS that I used to make, but with saltine crackers as a base. I dunno . . . altho I DO like saltines with unsalted butter and sugar . . . . . . I decided to make my recipe, but use half saltines and half Nilla™ wafers, my usual base, for comparison. Work station #1 . . . . . . and work station #2 . . . It's a work of abract art . . . You will notice that I added 1 tsp of baking soda to a normal recipe; this is to make the base less likely to damage your teeth when the toffee hardens. (When I madee [pea]nut brittle, I did the same, for the same reason.) THIS is what happens when you stir in the vanilla extract/ bourbon and the baking soda . . . NTS: Use the larger saucepan next time Pouring the toffee mixture over the base . . . . . . when it comes out of the oven . . . . . . covered with semi-sweet chocolate morsels . . . . . . smoothed out . . . . . . since I can't use pecans, I used some Nilla™ wafer crumbs left over from a previous baking project . . . . . . and I cut the bars while they were still warm . . . , , , altho I let them cool until the chocolate was hard before taking them apart and storing them. THE RECIPE I USED

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