Nutty Chocolate Squares

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
• 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 10 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 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
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 for crust: preheat oven to 375f (190c).
• 2 butter 9 x 13 inch pyrex baking dish.
• 3 sift flour, sugar and cocoa together into a large bowl.
• 4 add butter and cut into flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal.
• 5 pat into bottom of prepared pan.
• 6 bake pastry until edges begin to colour slightly, about 20 minutes.
• 7 cool.
• 8 maintain oven temperature.
• 9 for topping: melt butter in saucepan over low heat.
• 10 add honey, brown sugar and vanilla.
• 11 stir until sugar dissolves.
• 12 cool slightly.
• 13 beat egg in a small bowl to blend.
• 14 beat in whipping cream.
• 15 stir into butter mixture.
• 16 mix in walnuts.
• 17 spread topping over crust.
• 18 bake 10 minutes.
• 19 sprinkle chocolate over topping.
• 20 continue baking until topping bubbles and is golden-brown around edges, about 15 minutes.
• 21 cool completely.
• 22 cut into 2 inch squares.