How To Make Toffee Meringue Bars At Home?

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These Toffee Meringue Bars are absolutely delicious! Be careful or you might eat the whole batch!

  • Course: Desert
  • Cuisine: American
  • Prep time:  20 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 50 minutes

INGREDIENTS: 

MAKES 12 
  • 50g/2oz/¼ cup butter 
  • 215g/7½oz/scant 1 cup soft dark brown sugar 
  • 1 egg 
  • 2.5ml/½ tsp vanilla extract 
  • 65g/2½oz/9 tablespoon plain (all-purpose) flour 
  • 2.5ml/½ tsp salt 
  • 1.5ml/¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg 
FOR THE TOPPING 
  • 1 egg white 
  • Pinch of salt 
  • 15 ml/1 tablespoon golden (light corn) syrup 
  • 90g/3½oz/½ cup caster (superfine) sugar 
  • 50g/2oz/⅓ cup walnuts, finely chopped.

STEPS: 

  1. Combine the butter and brown sugar in a pan and heat until bubbling. Set aside to cool. 
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line the base and sides of a 20cm/8in square cake tin (pan) with baking parchment and grease. 
  3. Beat the egg and vanilla into the cooled sugar mixture. Sift over the flour, salt and nutmeg, and fold in. Spread in the base of the tin. 
  4. For the topping, beat the egg white with the salt until it holds soft peaks. Beat in the golden syrup, then the sugar and continue beating until the mixture holds stiff peaks. Fold in the nuts and spread on top. Bake for 30 minutes. Cut into bars when cool.

Nutrition Servings: Amount Per Serving

Calories: 136 kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 84mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 84IU | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg;