Dolly's Crisp Toffee Bars

This recipe came from maida heatter's book of great chocolate desserts.

Adjust rack to the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl , cream the butter with a mixer.

Add the salt , vanilla , and sugar and beat well.

On low speed , gradually add the flour , scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula and beating until the mixture holds together.

Add the nuts and chocolate chips and mix well.

Spread the dough into an unbuttered 10 1 / 2 x 15 1 / 2 x 1 inch jelly roll pan.

With floured finger.

Bake for 25 minutes , reversing the pan front to back once to insure even baking.

The cake will be golden brown.

Let cool in the pan for only a minute or so.

With a small sharp knife , cut into bars.

Let stand in the pan until cool.

Transfer the cookies to paper towels to dry the bottoms.

Wrap individually in wax paper or store in an airtight container.

sweet butter, salt, vanilla extract, light brown sugar, all-purpose flour, walnuts, semi-sweet chocolate chips