Cookie Recipes - Lunch Box Squares

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup/250 g butter, cut up

• 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1 tbsp firmly packed light brown sugar

• 2 tbsp light corn syrup/golden syrup

• 2 cups/250 g graham cracker crumbs/crushed digestive biscuits

• 4 oz/125 g semisweet/dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

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Method:

1. Butter an 8-inch (20-cm) square baking pan. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat.

2. Stir in the cocoa, brown sugar, and corn syrup. Bring to a boil and let boil for 1 minute.

3. Remove from the heat and stir in the crumbs. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan, pressing down lightly.

4. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Pour the melted chocolate over the cookie base.

5. Use a knife to decorate the chocolate in a decorative manner. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Cut into squares.