On 2017-11-07 12:25 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:20:56 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
>> When I was at school we had a hot, 2-course meal at noon every day.
>> About once per term the following was served up with a chocolate custard
>> and was always considered a special treat. My Mother knew the head cook
>> who, after she retired (along with the closure of the school) scaled
>> down the recipe and gave a copy to Mum along with one of the original
>> baking tins. Mum made this for many years but never got it quite right
>> - but I hadn't the heart to tell her. Hers was a bit too thick and
>> cakey. Traditionally it was thin and very crunchy, often leading to
>> pieces flying across the school dining room when eager schoolboys tried
>> to break it up with their spoons rather than their forks.
>>
>> CHOCOLATE CRUNCH
>>
>> 6oz plain flour 175g (cake flour is preferable to AP)
>> 6oz Self Raising flour 175g
>> 6oz sugar 175g
>> 1oz cocoa 30g (60g is better)
>> 6oz margarine or butter 175g (I use butter)
>> A few drops vanilla essence
>> 1 large egg, beaten
>>
>> Mix dry ingredients. Melt margarine or butter and add with the vanilla
>> and then the egg.
>> Mix and press firmly into a shallow baking tin (approx. 12€�x8€�/30x20cm)
>> Brush top with water and sprinkle with sugar.
>> Bake in a moderate oven until firm to touch. (150C/300F for about 30
>> minutes). For a more crunchy texture, bake for another few minutes. Cut
>> into 2€� squares while warm.
>>
>> It is a relatively dry mixture and is easily made in a food processor.
>>
>> I have modified it a bit to approach what I remember.
>>
>> -Increase the cocoa to 60g/2oz (my notes indicate that I may have added
>> as much as 85g/3oz but that is too much I think).
>> -When you put it in the tin, press it down very firmly so that it is
>> really compacted to a thickness of about 3/8€� or 1 cm.
>>
> this sounds like fun. I may try this later in the month. thanks
> Janet US
>
My son asked me to make him some a while back then my grandson
discovered it and now wants me to teach him how to make it:-)
When my mother made it for my nephew, he would take it to school and
sell it to his class mates!!!
Graham