Chocolate Walnut Bars

Ingredients:

• 2oz Walnuts
• 2 1/4 oz white sugar
• 3 1/4 oz all purpose flour, sifted
• 3 oz unsalted butter, sliced

Topping

• 1 oz unsalted butter
• 3 oz water
• 1 oz unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• icing sugar

Direction:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 8x8 baking tin.
• Grind walnuts with a little sugar in a food processor or blender.
• Combine ground walnuts with the remaining sugar and butter with your fingertips until it forms course breadcrumbs.
• Pat the walnut mixture into the baking tin in an equal layer and bake for 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter with the water. Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar. Remove from the heat and add vanilla.
• Let it cool for 10 minutes and beat in the eggs.
• Pour into the baked walnut mixture and bake for 20 minutes.
• Let it cool and then slice into bars. Dust with icing sugar.