Mocha Raisin Chews

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup chocolate chips (6-ounces)
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules or 1 tablespoon espresso powder
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 dash salt
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 4 teaspoons hot water
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 melt together butter and chips; remove from heat.
• 2 dissolve coffee in hot water; stir into butter mixture along with sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
• 3 mix in flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 stir in rasins.
• 5 spread into greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 7 cool for 15 minutes; spread with glaze.
• 8 glaze; dissolve 1 teaspoon coffee grandules in 4 teaspoons hot water and stir into 1 tablespoon melted butter combined with 3/4 cup powdered sugar.
• 9 cool and cut into bars.
• 10 makes 36 bars.