Mock Almond Roca
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on October 24, 2007.
Ingredients:
1 14.4 ounce box honey graham crackers
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups slivered almonds or any chopped nuts of your choice
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Line a cookie sheet with foil, folding up edges of foil to form a rim to prevent any spill-over from the butter mixture.
- Lay a single layer of crackers on foil.
- In a saucepan, melt butter; add sugar and cook until the mixture is thick and bubbly.
- Spread butter mixture evenly over crackers.
- Sprinkle nuts evenly over top.
- Bake for 7 minutes, turn pan and bake for another 7 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool slightly and remove from foil.
Makes about 26 bars.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per Bar:
180 calories, 12 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 20 mg cholesterol, 140 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 9 g sugar, 2 g protein
