Almond Butterscotch Bars are from The Blue Diamond nut company. They're composed of a brown sugar flavored shortbread topped with sliced almonds and butterscotch chips. The shortbread base is thin but very sturdy and makes a good foundation for the toppings.
Did you know Hershey makes butterscotch chips? I didn’t, but our store started selling them a few days ago so I picked up a bag. They taste different than Nestle's butterscotch chips and I'm not sure which brand I like better. If you want to try them yourself, you can buy them on-line.
The original Almond Butterscotch Bars recipe calls for a 15x10 inch pan, but I quartered it and used an 8 inch square metal pan. Now I wish I’d made the full recipe as written below.
Almond Butterscotch Bars
1 cup softened butter
¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 cup butterscotch morsels
1 cup blanched slivered almonds ( I used sliced)
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts and salt. Gradually beat in flour until well-blended. Press mixture evenly into ungreased 10 ½ x 15 ½ x 1-inch jellyroll pan. Sprinkle butterscotch morsels and almonds over cookie mixture; press lightly. Bake at 350 degrees F until golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.Cut into 2-inch squares.
Makes 35 bars.
diane
these look good. it's hard to find a recipe with no eggs.
Megan
Amazing! I love anything with butterscoth!
Anj
These look great. Our pecans were ruined by Ike this year, so a recipe using almonds is a good change.
Jennifer
I like butterscotch but I don't like the butterscotch chips. What do you think would be a good substitute? I have white chocolate, semi-sweet, milk chocolate and cinnamon chips at home...
Jennifer
Michelle
Oh these look yummy!! Thanks for sharing this recipe! I'm going to add it to my want-to-try pile.
rebecca
these look amazing. i'm glad you decided to make this recipe!
Erin Mylroie
Those are beautiful. I'm making those for sure, especially since they got an A plus for you.
VeggieGirl
No worries about the late cookie post!!
LOOOOOVE the almond-butterscotch variety! Yum!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Lisa Ernst
These look beautiful and I know they taste great. This will be a perfect go to recipe for the next event I need to bake for. I will substitute chocolate chips for the butterscotch, though. 🙂
bakingblonde
I love butterscotch. In fact my fave cookie right now are Double Butterscotch Cookies! haha.
Those bars look right up my ally, thanks for the! A plus recipe!
Janet
I am going to a neighborhood party tonight and have made your Pat's chocolate chip bars already and think I will make these as well. I think they will be as big a hit as Pat's CC bars are! Thanks, Anna! Happy Halloween!
jocelyn
How does this compare to the toffee bars in your recipe list? That cookie is always well received.
Joanna
i always think any dessert made with almonds is elegant. don't you? i'm not sure why... maybe it's because almond extract is an acquired taste and only sophisticated palettes like it.
i have no idea what i'm saying haha it's almost 1 and i just got done making 2 batches of cookies from your site. i need to go to sleep. goodnight!
Sara
Looks delicious, I love butterscotch! I am thinking about making the butterscotch pumpkin pie from the November issue of Bon Appetit for thanksgiving.