Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a saucepan, melt butter. Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Let mixture cool, then beat in egg. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder and add to butter-egg mixture alternately with the cold coffee. Blend in the vanilla and stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.

Turn into a well-greased 9-inch baking pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.Cut into small squares. 2 1/2 to 3 dozen bars.

Note: For neater bar cookies, line the baking pan with foil before greasing. When the bars have finished baking, let them cool a few minutes in the pan. Flip the uncut bars onto a wire rack; remove the foil and let cool completely, then cut into squares. Bars will cut without ragged edges.

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