Cranberry and Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients

200g plain flour
200g porridge oats
175g sugar
175g peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
100g margarine
150g chocolate chips
100g dried cranberries
100 mls water


Method

Mix together the flour, oats and sugar with the marge and peanut butter. Add half the water, and the chocolate chips and cranberries. Then mix in the rest of the water.

Press the mixture into a tin and bake at 190 for about 30 mins. Cut into squares.

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Ingredients

8 oz marge
3 tbsps cocoa
3 oz chocolate chips
1 cup boiling water
2 cups sr flour
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup water

Icing

4 oz marge
3 heaped tbsps cocoa
4 tbsps water
2 cups icing sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 and grease a large square or oblong tin.
In a large saucepan melt the marge and chocolate chips, then sift in the cocoa. Stir in the boiling water and boil for 30 seconds.
Mix in the flour and sugar. Beat in the eggs, then gradually stir in the water.
Pour this into the prepared tin and bake for 30-40 minutes, until a knife stuck in the middle comes out clean. The baking time depends on the tin you use - a wider, shallower one will take less time than a small, deeper one.

For the icing, melt the marge and mix with the cocoa. Add the water and beat in the sugar until smooth. When the cake is cool, pour the icing over, smooth the top and cool in the fridge until set.

Makes 20 servings

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Ingredients

125g dark chocolate
100g margarine
2 eggs
200g sugar
125g sr flour
1 tbsp sifted cocoa

2 tbsps melted marge
1/2 cup sugar
170g peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 and grease a large square tin.
Melt the chocolate and margarine in a saucepan.
In a large bowl whisk together the eggs and sugar.
Mix in the chocolate mixture, then fold in the flour and cocoa.
Spoon half of this into the tin and spread out.

In another bowl, mix together the melted marge, sugar, peanut butter and vanilla. Spread this over the batter in the tin, then spread the remaining batter on top. Using a knife, swirl the peanut butter into the chocolate mixture.

Bake for 30-40 minutes. It might still look quite soft but it will set when it's cooled. Cut into 16 squares.