Biscuits, Bars And Cookies
Recipes - Hazelnut Squares
Ingredients
50g/2oz plain chocolate
65g/5 tbsp butter or margarine
225g/generous 1 cup caster sugar
50g/1/2 cup plain flour
2.5ml/1/2 tsp baking powder
2
eggs, beaten
2.5ml/1/2 tsp vanilla essence
115g/1 cup skinned hazelnuts, roughly chopped
Method:
Preheat the oven
to 180'C/350"F /Gas 4. Grease a 20cm/8in square
baking tin.
In a heatproof
bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt
the chocolate and butter or margarine. Remove the
bowl from the heat.
Add the sugar,
flour, baking powder, eggs, vanilla and half of the
hazelnuts to the melted mixture and stir well with a
wooden spoon.
Pour the mixture
into the prepared tin. Bake in the oven for 10
minutes, then sprinkle the reserved hazelnuts over
the top. Return to the oven and continue baking
until firm to the touch, about 25 minutes.
Cool in the tin,
set on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmould on
to the rack and cool completely. Cut into squares
before serving.
Hazelnut
Squares Recipe
