Butterscotch Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 140 g butter, plus extra to grease tin
• 2 large eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 350 g light muscovado sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 250 g self raising flour
• 100 g milk chocolate candy bars, cut into big chunks
• 100 g macadamia nuts or 100 g pecan nuts, coarsely chopped
• icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f (160°c).
• 2 melt the butter in a small bowl and leave to cool.
• 3 butter a shallow tin about 20 x 24 cm.
• 4 in another bowl, beat the eggs.
• 5 add the butter to the eggs with the sugar, salt and vanilla.
• 6 tip in the flour and stir in with the chocolate and three quarters of the nuts.
• 7 don't overbeat.
• 8 spread the mixture in the tin, scatter over the remaining nuts and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, then cut into 12 bars.
• 9 dust with icing sugar.