Rustic Nut Bars

These are YUMMY bars made with a mixture of 4 different nuts and a ooey, gooey “glue” of honey all on top of a wickedly buttery crust.  They are very hard to stop eating.  (I ate so many “little” pieces I had to stop counting!)

Rustic Nut Bars1 TBL plus 3/4 cup cold butter, DIVIDED
21/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg lightly beaten
TOPPING:
2/3 cup honey6 TBL butter, cubed
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 TBL milk
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup EACH chopped hazelnuts, whole Almonds, cashews, Walnuts

Line a 13×9 baking pan with foil; grease the foil with 1 TBL butter.  Set aside.  In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in remaining butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in eggs until well blended (mixture will be dry).  Press firmly into prepared pan.  Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes or until edges are just golden brown.  Cool.
In a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring the honey, brown sugar and salt to a boil;stir until sugar is dissolved.  Boil without stirring for 2 minutes.  Add butter and milk.  Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute.  Remove from heat; stir in the nuts.  Spread over crust.
Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes or until topping is bubbly.  Cool completely on wire rack.  Using foil, lift out of pan.  Discard foil; cut into squares.