Orange Chocolate Bars
Easy
These Orange Chocolate Bars are great for special occasions or for a treat. The bars freeze well, making them handy for baking in larger batches. Courtesy of ICA Book of Tea & Company
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
25 MIN
SERVE
12
Orange Chocolate Bars
Easy
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
25 MIN
SERVE
12
Introduction
These Orange Chocolate Bars are great for special occasions or for a treat. The bars freeze well, making them handy for baking in larger batches. Courtesy of ICA Book of Tea & Company
Ingredients
- 225g (8oz) self-raising flour
- 4level tablespoons cocoa powder
- 170g (6oz) porridge oatmeal
- 110g (4oz) sugar
- 225g (8oz) margarine
- 225g (8oz) icing sugar
- 6 dessertspoons orange juice
- 4 teaspoons cocoa powder
- two 23cm x 32cm (9in x 13in) Swiss roll tins & a wire rack
Method
- 1. Preheat oven to 180°Cj350°F/Gas 4. Prepare two Swiss roll tins by greasing or lining with baking parchment.
- 2. Sieve the flour and cocoa into a large mixing bowl and stir in the oatmeal and sugar. Melt the margarine in a saucepan and pour over the dry ingredients, mixing well.
- 3. Pour into two prepared baking tins and smooth out with a palette knife. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
- 4. Wh en the bar bases are cool, make up the icing on e batch at a time. Mix together half the sugar, orange juice and cocoa powder and smooth over the first bar base , marking out lines on the icing for dividing into squares or rectangles of required size. Set aside to harden and repeat with the remaining icing ingredients for the second base.
- 5. Once the icing has hardened, cut into bars along the markings. Store in an airtight container, where they will keep well for about a week.
