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🍽️ Crunchy Nut Bars

703 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 225 g flour
• 125 g cold butter
• 1 tbsp dark cocoa powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 50 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 50 g sugar
• 50 g honey
• 50 g butter
• 500 g mixed nuts (not salted)

Instructions

1. 1. Pour the flour onto a clean work surface.
2. 2. Mix the flour with the sugar, the cocoa, and the salt.
3. 3. Press a small indentation into the center of the flour mound with your hand.
4. 4. Cut the cold butter into small cubes.
5. 5. Place the butter cubes around the indentation.
6. 6. Place the egg in the center of the indentation.
7. 7. Add about 3 tablespoons of lukewarm water.
8. 8. Chop everything with a knife until small crumbs form.
9. 9. Quickly knead the crumbs into a smooth dough using your hands.
10. 10. Shape the dough into a ball.
11. 11. Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap.
12. 12. Place the foil in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
13. 13. Put sugar, honey, and butter into a pot.
14. 14. Heat the mixture.
15. 15. Let the mixture simmer gently for about 5 minutes while stirring constantly.
16. 16. Coarsely chop the nuts.
17. 17. Stir the nuts into the hot mixture.
18. 18. Let everything simmer for another 5 minutes.
19. 19. Place the dough between two sheets of baking paper.
20. 20. Roll the dough out thinly, about 2 millimeters thick.
21. 21. Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
22. 22. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
23. 23. Pre-bake the dough in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes.
24. 24. Spread the nut mixture evenly over the pre-baked dough.
25. 25. Bake everything at 160 degrees for about 25 minutes.
26. 26. Remove the tray from the oven.
27. 27. Let the bars cool slightly for a short time.
28. 28. Cut the bars into small squares.
29. 29. Place the squares on a wire rack.
30. 30. Let the bars cool completely.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 703
• Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 50 g · Carbs: 55 g