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Chocolate Raisin Bars

1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
1 pn Salt
8 ts Potato flour
3/4 c Butter
1/3 c Raisins; chopped
8 oz Semisweet chocolate pieces
1/4 c Vanilla sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C).

Sift all-purpose flour, salt, potato flour
and vanilla sugar into a medium-size bowl. Cut in butter until mixture
forms coarse crumbs; mix in raisins. Mix together to form a soft
dough. Roll out dough on a floured surface to a rectangle slightly
smaller than an 11" x 7" baking pan. Place rolled-out dough in pan;
press to fit. Smooth top; prick well. Bake about 25 minutes or until
very lightly browned. Cool a few minutes. Using a sharp knife, mark
through surface of mixture with lines to use as a guide for cutting. Let
cool in pan. Cut mixture in 20 squares; remove from pan. Place
chocolate in a small bowl over a pan of gently simmering water; stir
until melted and smooth. Line a baking sheet with foil. Dip bars in
chocolate, coating evenly; lift out with a fork and tap gently on side of
bowl to remove excess chocolate. Place on foil. Place baking sheet in a
cool place until chocolate sets. If desired, any remaining chocolate can
be piped over bars for decoration.



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Crunchy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

1/2 c Light corn syrup
1/3 c Brown sugar, packed
1 c Peanut butter
3 c Rice cereal
1 c Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
2 ts Vanilla

In a 2 quart saucepan, combine corn syrup and brown sugar,. Cook
and stir till mixture comes to a full boil. Stir in peanut butter. Remove
from heat. Stir in cereal, chocolate pieces and vanilla. Stir in cereal,
chocolate pieces and vanilla. Press into an ungreased 9x9x2 inch pan.
Chill 1 hour. Cut into bars.



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Chocolate Biscotti

4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c Butter
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
3 lg Eggs
1 1/4 c Sugar
3 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 c Hazelnuts or walnuts; chop
1 Egg white; lightly beaten

Melt chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Beat
eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer until frothy; gradually
add sugar, beating until thick and pale (about 5 minutes). Add
chocolate mixture, stirring until blended. Combine flour and baking
powder; stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in nuts. Flour hands, and form
dough into a 13" log. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush
with egg white. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Cut
log with a serrated knife crosswise into 24 (1/2-inch) slices, and place
on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes on each
side. Remove to wire racks to cool.


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Thin Fudgy Chocolate Strippers

1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/3 Cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Sugar
3 tb Stick margarine, softened
1 ts Instant espresso granules Or 2 ts Instant coffee granules
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 (2 1/2-ounce) jar prune baby food
1 lg Egg
Nonstick cooking spray
1 (1-oz) square semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 (1-oz) square white baking chocolate, chopped

Preheat oven 350 F. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in bowl; stir
well. Combine sugar, margarine, espresso, vanilla, baby food and egg
in large bowl. Beat at high speed with mixer for 2 minutes; stir in dry
ingredients (dough will be thick). Spoon dough into 15xlO-inch jellyroll
pan coated with cooking spray. Bake 13 minutes. (Do not overcook.)
Cool completely in pan. Cut into 36 bars. Place bars on wax paper.
Place semisweet chocolate in heavy duty zip-top plastic bag; place
white chocolate in a heavy-duty Tiptop plastic bag. Microwave both
bags at Medium-Low (30 percent power) for 1 minute or until
chocolate melts. Knead bags until smooth. Snip a tiny hole in corner of
each bag; drizzle chocolates over bars. Allow drizzle on bars to cool,
before eating.

Makes 3 dozen.

Note: Can be made ahead of time, and stored in airtight container.
Drizzle chocolates onto bars on the day you wish to serve them.


All the above are from "Chocolate Recipes For Chocolate Lovers"
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/10618591-chocolate-recipes-for-chocolate-lovers


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