Coffee Toffee Walnut Bars (Vegan)
A mixture of buttery toffee, crunchy walnuts, and a hint of coffee. An egg free, dairy free, easy to make and deliciously naughty cookie bar.
These beauties are filled with homemade, coffee-flavored, buttery sweet toffee and crispy walnuts. The batter and toffee where enhanced with coffee flavor by a combination of espresso powder and cold brew coffee. This was the first time I experimented with adding flavorings to toffee. It took a few attempts to get the right amount of coffee flavor, but the end result was worthwhile. These bars come together quickly and easily, great for afternoon snack or after dinner dessert.
What you will need:
A few pantry staples are all that is required to whip these tasty bars up. The one item you may not have is espresso powder. One of the two forms of coffee that helps give these bars their great coffee flavor. If you don’t have any on hand, you should be able to find some at your local grocery store on the baking isle.
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- cane sugar – but feel free to mix and match with light/brown/coconut sugar
- plant based butter with salt
- plant based yogurt – I used vanilla flavored, almond milk based but any yogurt will work
- walnuts
- toffee – I used homemade that I infused with coffee flavor (see recipe note on how I was able to do this), store bought will work as well
- espresso powder
- coffee – I used cold brew but hot brews or instant should work just as well
- vanilla extract
How to:
These bars come together super easy. No mixer required. All of the wet ingredients are added to a bowl and combined. All of the dry ingredients are added to a bowl and combined. The dry ingredients are added to the wet ingredients and lastly, add the walnuts and toffee. Place the batter into a prepared pan and bake.
Helpful tools/tips
No special equipment is required to make these bars. The recipe calls for an 8×8 pan. A 9×9 pan can be used, but you will have to watch the time because it will be a thinner layer of batter. You can also make a half batch. All you would need to do is half the recipe and bake it in an 8×4 loaf pan ( bake time would stay the same).
Alright, lets get started, Please make, bake and enjoy!
Coffee Toffee Walnut Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups+ 6 tbps / 285grams all purpose flour
- 1 stick / 8 tbsp / 113 grams plant based butter with salt – melted
- 6 tbsp / 90 grams plant based yogurt ( room temperature)
- 1¼ cup / 250 grams cane sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp espresso powder
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp coffee – I used cold brew
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup + extra -walnuts – roughly chopped – reserve extra for the top of the bars
- 1 cup + extra -toffee – store bought or homemade – reserve extra for the top of the bars **see note below about how I added coffee flavor to my toffee recipe**
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 350℉ and prepare an 8×8 pan by lining it with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl add the flour and baking powder, whisk to combine and set aside.
- In a small bowl add the espresso power, coffee and vanilla extract, stir to combine and set aside.
- In a large bowl add the sugar, melted butter, yogurt and coffee mixture and stir until well combined. Add the flour mixture and stir until almost combined, add the walnuts and toffee ( remember to reserve a small amount for the top) and stir until combined and no more flour can be seen.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and spread it out evenly, sprinkle the reserved walnuts and toffee on the top and place in the oven for 28 minutes. Once out of the oven, let cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack until completely cool. The bars will stay fresh in an airtight container for 3 to 5 days.
5 star these the Toffee Coffee Walnut Bars. Delicious!
thank you, your so sweet!!!