Toffee Bar Dessert

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe.
Servings: Serving size is one 2” x 2” square
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 tsp of Truvia or Splenda
- 2 Tbl of maple syrup
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- 1-1/2 cups of super fine ground almond flour
- ½ cup of white flour
- ¼ tsp of salt
- 6 oz of dark chocolate (bar, 72% cacao or higher)
- ½ cup of chopped pecans
Instructions:
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, add the butter, sweetener, syrup, egg yolk and vanilla. Blend with your mixer to fully combine the ingredients. Then add the flours and salt. Mix again. Spray a 6″ x 10″ ovenproof pan with butter spray. (If you don’t have 6″ x 10″ you can use 9″ x 9″. You just might have to bake it a few more minutes.) Pour the batter in and spread it to the edges. Bake at 350 degrees for 17 – 19 minutes. The edges will be a very light gold color and the middle won’t look completely set. It’s like a light cookie texture.
When you remove the pan from the oven break up the chocolate bar and scatter the pieces over the top. Let it sit for a minute while the chocolate softens. Then gently spread with a knife or spatula. Sprinkle on the pecans.
I usually dive in and eat one of these while they are still warm. As they set up they will stiffen some. I am going to throw out a caution. Because this is a much lower carb recipe and you are using almond flour which has no gluten, they might not set up like a stiff bar or cookie. You might need to serve these with a spatula and eat them with a fork. That’s what I did last night and I felt very indulgent.
Enjoy!
Cheers,