Friday, April 20, 2018

CHOCOLATE-CITRUS BARS

Crust:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter, slightly softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp orange or lemon peel, grated

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Using your fingers, blend in the butter until of cornmeal consistency. Add the powdered sugar and citrus peel blending well. Press mixture onto the bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan. Bake for 7 minutes at 350 degrees.

Filling:
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

As soon as crust is removed from oven, sprinkle chips over the crust. Allow to melt then spread evenly over the crust.

Topping:
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp orange or lemon peel, grated
Dash of nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
Powdered sugar

Combine all the topping ingredients in a bowl; mix thoroughly. Pour mixture over the chocolate layer. Bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes or until top is lightly brown. Cool. Dust with powdered sugar.

Cool completely before cutting into 9 or 12 bars.

File Photo for reference only. Sorry I did not take a picture. This is the closest I could find. They look a lot like this picture except no chili powder on top! If you want to fancy up the top, I would add shaved chocolate over the powdered sugar.


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