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Nigella Lawson’s Peanut Butter Squares

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These are so good it’s alarming. Yeah I know, it’s not a huge surprise that something Miss Nigella cooked up would turn out so good, but man these are so close to a peanut butter cup – without actually being a peanut butter cup, you know? I’ve been trying to find recipes for all our most loved treats so I can whip them up without a zillion added chemicals in them and this is defiantly a favorite we can all agree on. So good with coffee or hot chocolate – or really, whatever.

I used regular brown sugar instead of the muscovado because I honestly didn’t think it would make much of a difference. I’ve read since then that using muscovado sugar can make a huge difference – so clearly, I have no idea. I will make them again with the muscovado and report! Also, I didn’t convert measurements to cups because it could totally be argued that it’s not exactly the same.

  

nigella lawson peanut butter squares

Peanut-Butter Squares – from How to Be a Domestic Goddess p. 223

Base:
50g dark muscovado sugar
200g icing suger
50g unsalted butter
200g smooth peanut butter
Topping:
200g milk chocolate
100g plain chocolate
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares

I’m always so pleased with myself when I weight out all my ingredients without having to play around to balance it out! Lucky!

nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
Mix all of the base ingredients until well combined.
It’ll be a little crumbly, just press it into a 8 x 8 (or whatever, really) pan.
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
Weigh out your chocolate!
Now melt it, along with the butter till it’s all creamy and lovely.

nigella lawson peanut butter squares
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
Pour the melted chocolate over the peanut butter base. Smooth it out, or make little swirlys or whatever you like with the chocolate layer.
nigella lawson peanut butter squares
Let the chocolate set up in the fridge for a while before you take it out and cut it into pieces. I suggest 48 pieces because, as Nigella warns in the book ‘more-ish as it undeniably is, it is also very rich’. So amazing. If you are fortunate enough to be able to bring peanut-stuff to your work or school (or your kids’ school), bring these. Everyone loves them and they disappear fast!
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