Nutty Chocolate Chip Heath Cookie Bars

prep time:: 30 min
total time:: 2 hrs

Makes 16 bars

This variation on a chocolate chip cookie is great for an after school snack, pot luck or dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Hope you like it as much as my family does.

ingredients

8 oz (2 sticks) unsalted butter,
softened
1/2 cu sugar
1/2 cu golden brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 1/2 cu all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cu semi sweet choc chips
1/2 cu toasted hazelnuts chopped
1 cu Heath bits
Icing recipe follows:
8 oz semi sweet choc chips
3/4 heavy cream
3 Tbsp dark corn syrup

directions

1
Assemble and pre-measure all ingredients.
2
Preheat oven to 350F.
3
Into a large bow, beat together softened butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and golden brown sugar.
4
In another bowl,mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
5
Fold in the chocolate chips, hazelnuts and Heath bits.
6
Pour dough into an ungreased 9x13 inch baking dish, spread dough into corners and bake until golden brown. About 25-30 minutes.
7
Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes. Pour the chocolate icing over the cooked bars. Let sit for 1 hour and then cut and serve.
8
ICING PREP: In a small sauce pan, whisk together the cream and corn syrup and bring to a boil. Pour the cream mixture into the bowl of chocolate chips and whisk until smooth.