Holiday Chocolate Nut Squares

Name: Holiday Chocolate Nut Squares
Yield: 12-20 depending on how large you make them
Ingredients: 4 ounces sugar; 4 ounces unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; 1 egg, beaten; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 ounces digestive biscuits; 3 ounces grated fresh coconut; 2 ounces walnuts, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons water; 4 ounces unsalted butter; 1 lb icing sugar, sieved; 2 tablespoons custard powder; 6 ounces dessert chocolate, broken into pieces; 2 ounces walnuts, roughly chopped

Submitted by Carla C.

"Try these as a special treat for the holidays, everyone will love them. They are quite rich so I would suggest to cut into small pieces. I like to use a good quality chocolate, such as Callebaut dessert chocolate chips. These keep well in an airtight container. "

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Ingredients:: 14
Yields:: 12-20 depending on how large you make them

ingredients

4 ounces sugar
4 ounces unsalted butter
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 egg, beaten
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla extract
6 ounces digestive biscuits
3 ounces grated fresh coconut
2 ounces walnuts, finely chopped
3 tablespoons water
4 ounces unsalted butter
1 lb icing sugar, sieved
2 tablespoons custard powder
6 ounces dessert chocolate, broken into pieces
2 ounces walnuts, roughly chopped

directions

Heat the butter in a saucepan until melted.
Stir in the sugar, cocoa powder, egg, vanilla, biscuits, coconut and walnuts and mix together well.
Spread the mixture over the base of a Swiss roll tin 33x23 cm or similar.
Leave in the fridge while you make the filling.
Heat the water in a pan. Add the butter, sugar and custard powder and beat all together until soft and well mixed.
Spread over the biscuit base and return to the fridge.
Melt the chocolate in a microwave or in a pan until melted. Drizzle the chocolate evenly over the filling.
Sprinkle with the nuts and return to the fridge.
When it is cool and set, cut into required number of pieces.
Store in an airtight container.
Enjoy!

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Carla C.

Netherlands

My most used and favorite cookbook is the 1946 edition of Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking School handed down to me from my Mother. My most favorite kitchen utensils are a set of Johnson & Wales knives given to me by my mother, a professional chef. I enjoy traveling to exotic places, trying new foods and bringing home rare ingredients to expirement with. I work fulltime as a lab technician for a local diagnostic center. In addition to that, during my free time I'm either at the gym, listening to music, tending to my herb garden and/or trying out new recipes & ideas in the kitchen. I am a classically trained singer and musician, passionate about music. My favourite thing to do is sit outside in my garden with my husband, a glass of wine, good food, music & a few good friends. <img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/World%20Tour/AnimatedHostChallengeBanner.gif alt= /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/200_artistrichardneuman-art-prints_.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting />

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