Desserts Recipes - Peanut Butter Slices Recipe

  
 

Desserts Recipes - Peanut Butter Slices Recipe

Ingredients

SERVES 8

  • 100g/4oz butter (plus extra for greasing)

  • 50g/2oz cooking chocolate (broken into pieces)

  • 100g/4oz crunchy peanut butter

  • 200g/7oz butter (softened)

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

  • 475g/1lb 1oz demerara sugar

  • 3 eggs

  • 225g/8oz plain flour

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 175g/6oz icing sugar (sifted)

  • 2 teaspoons water

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4. Grease a 23cm/9in squares cake tin.

  2. Beat together the peanut butter, butter and vanilla essence. When well blended, add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

  3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the flour and salt, sifted together, until blended.

  4. Spread into the cake tin and bake for about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly in the tin.

  5. Mix together the icing sugar and water. Drizzle over the mixture in the tin. When cold, cut into slices.