Nutty Chocolate Squares
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ⓘ
- 12 cup icing sugar ⓘ
- 1 12 tablespoons cocoa ⓘ
- 34 cup butter, room temperature ⓘ
- 10 tablespoons butter ⓘ
- 12 cup honey ⓘ
- 12 cup firmly-packed brown sugar ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract ⓘ
- 1 egg ⓘ
- 3 tablespoons whipping cream (you can use milk or evaporated milk in a pinch) ⓘ
- 3 cups chopped walnuts ⓘ
Instructions
- For crust: Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
- Butter 9 x 13 inch pyrex baking dish.
- Sift flour, sugar and cocoa together into a large bowl.
- Add butter and cut into flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal.
- Pat into bottom of prepared pan.
- Bake pastry until edges begin to colour slightly, about 20 minutes.
- Cool.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- For topping: Melt butter in saucepan over low heat.
- Add honey, brown sugar and vanilla.
- Stir until sugar dissolves.
- Cool slightly.
- Beat egg in a small bowl to blend.
- Beat in whipping cream.
- Stir into butter mixture.
- Mix in walnuts.
- Spread topping over crust.
- Bake 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle chocolate over topping.
- Continue baking until topping bubbles and is golden-brown around edges, about 15 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Cut into 2 inch squares.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1248
kcal
62% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).