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Cappucino Crunch Bars (Ashton's Version)

My version of the recipe, smaller and with my own take.
Course Dessert
Keyword cookie, cookie bar
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 15 bars

Equipment

  • mixer optional, but makes getting that fluffy texture on the butter easier
  • sifter
  • oven
  • 2 mixing bowls
  • ostensibly, 8x8 baking pan or, for the first time I made it, two foil take out trays

Ingredients

Dry

  • 40 grams whole wheat flour
  • 80 grams all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon

Wet

  • ½ cup butter (one stick) Softened, to room temperature
  • ¾ cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Coffee Mixture (cooled to room temperature)

  • 1 tsp espresso
  • 1 ½ tsp hot water

Mix ins

  • cup white chocolate chips
  • cup dark chocolate chips
  • cup butterscotch chips
  • 1 tblsp chia seeds
  • 1 tblsp hemp seeds

Instructions

Getting Started

  • Grease baking pan with butter wrapper or other grease
  • If using a full oven get it preheating. I am using my fancy microwave toaster oven that preheats nigh instantly so I wait until later to getting started.

Dry

  • Add all dry ingredients through a sifter. This is to trap air in these ingredients, not to measure them, so make sure to turn out the wheat bran that gets caught in the sieve into the ingredients. Set this aside and turn to your other mixing bowl.

Wet (scrape down the bowl periodically if using a mixer)

  • Beat the butter until it is whipped and airy
  • Add the sugar and beat until fluffy
  • Add egg and beat until fluffy and well incorporated
  • Add about half of the dry mixture and all of the mix ins you would like to have
  • Add the coffee and vanilla
  • Add the other half of the dry ingredients

Baking

  • Carefully scoop out the dough and spread into pan. If using two takeout pans like I did, it's useful to pass the two over a scale to get the dough divided evenly. I had about 300ish grams in each tray.
  • Bake at 350℉ / 170℃ for 26 minutes
  • Remove to wire rack and cool in pan