Tamaki Year 8 boys - American chocolate brownies

American Chocolate Brownies

Making food from around the world has been interesting. Last week we made American chocolate brownies. They came out perfect and tasted really nice. Following recipe instructions made it a lot easier for us. Below is the recipe that we used.Try them they taste yum!

Ingredients

175g butter softened

1c sugar

2tsp vanilla essence

3 eggs beaten

250g cooking chocolate chopped

1c flour

Icing sugar to dust

1 c walnuts chopped (optional)

Method

Melt the butter and cooking chocolate in a saucepan over a low heat.

Remove from heat and add sugar flour, vanilla and eggs

Stir until well combined

Pour mixture in 20cm square tin lined on the base with baking paper.

Bake at 180Degrees for 40 minutes. Leave in tin for 10minutes before turning out on wire rack.

When cold, dust with icing sugar or ice with chocolate icing and top with chopped walnuts. Cut into 4cm squares. Makes 25squares

By Blessing Falaniko David Vila Zachariah and Mahonalei

Year 8 - Chocolate truffles

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St Heliers Year 8- Chocolate Truffles.

Last week was really awesome in the cooking class. We got what we thought was a treat of the year. We made yummy "Chocolate Truffles". They are quick and easy to make. We especially had a lot of fun bashing up the biscuits using a rolling pin. Our Chocolate Truffles were coated with coconut. An interesting ingredient we put in the Chocolate Truffles was orange juice, we only thought it was for drinking only! They had a sweet smell of chocolate and wine biscuits. We definitely are going to try and make them at home now that we have a recipe for them. Below is the recipe we used. Try them I bet you will love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yum Yum!

Ingredients125g butter, 250g packet wine biscuits, 1/4c cocoa powder, 1c icing sugar, 1/2c coconut, 3tbsp orange juice, extra coconut for rolling, (Optional: 1/4c chopped walnuts or chopped sultanas)

Method

Warm the butter until soft. Do not melt.

Break the biscuits into pieces and put them in a plastic bag.

Bang the bag with a rolling pin until all the biscuits are crumbs

Shake through sieve into a large bowl. bang the big pieces of biscuits again

Sift cocoa and icing sugar into bowl and add coconut then beat well to mix.

Add the orange juice and beat. Stir the chopped walnuts or saltana if you want them in the truffles.

With wet hands roll small spoonfuls in balls. Shake in bowl with coconut.

Refridgerate several hours until firm then pack in airtight jars. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!