Chocolate Peanut-Butter Squares
"The creaminess of the peanut butter adds a beautifully soft texture to the squares. I use a crunchy peanut butter which also adds a little bite, but smooth works just as well."
SERVES
9
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
20
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
20
MINUTES
Ingredients
for the base
3 eggs, separated
200g dark chocolate, broken into small, even-sized pieces
220g peanut butter
250g muscovado sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g self-raising flour, sieved
for the topping
100mls cream
150g dark chocolate, broken into small even sized pieces
½ tbsp butter
2 tbsp chopped peanuts, roasted
Method
1. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking tin with parchment.
2. Preheat your oven to 170ÂşC/gas mark 3.
3. Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks and set aside.
4. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof dish over some hot water on a hob, or in your microwave.
5. Beat the sugar and peanut butter and add in the melted chocolate.
6. Beat in the egg yolks and vanilla.
7. Stir in the flour until combined.
8. Fold the egg whites into the mixture.
9. Scoop the batter into your prepared tin and smooth out the top.
10. Bake for 20 minutes or until the edges are firming up.
11. Once cool enough to handle remove the bake onto a wire rack to cool completely.
12. Heat the cream and when shivering then remove it from the heat and stir in the chocolate pieces and butter until melted.
13. Allow the topping to come to just above room temperature then pour it over the bake.
14. Cut into nine squares.
15. Sprinkle the chopped roasted peanuts on top.
