Toffee Nut Bars, A Vintage Recipe

• 1 cup nuts, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup butter
• Beat together
• 1 egg
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
• 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup sour milk
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon coffee or 1 tablespoon instant coffee, dissolved in a little water

1. Mix together as for pie crust: the sugar, brown sugar, flour and butter.
2. Sprinkle bottom of 11 x 15 pan ungreased with 1 cup chopped nuts, then with 2 cups of above mixture.
3. Beat together the remaining ingredients.
4. Stir into flour mix. Pour over mix in pan, spreading gently and evenly.
5. Bake in a 350 oven 35-40 minute.
6. Cut into as many bars as desired.

nuts, sugar, brown sugar, flour, shortening, together, egg, salt, nutmeg, buttermilk, allspice, cinnamon, baking soda, coffee

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/toffee-nut-bars-a-vintage-recipe-326429 (may not work)