Last weekend I came across a recipe for "Old Henry Bars" on Maria's lovely baking blog. Given that I'm susceptible to unnaturally high levels of excitement when reading recipes featuring both chocolate and peanut butter, it was clear to me that I would have to try out the recipe very soon!
At three o'clock on Wednesday morning I was lying awake, listening to the wind howling outside, thinking about Maria's recipe. Only I couldn't remember the name of the bars. Eventually, by a thought process I really don't want to analyse too deeply, I convinced myself that they were called "Uncle Neddies". I do not now have, nor have I ever had, an Uncle Neddy, so I have no idea where this name came from. However, now that I've decided they're Uncle Neddies, that's what they're going to be!
I had to adapt the quantities, because I didn't have a baking tin the right size, but having worked it all out with the assistance of a calculator, I put on my magic apron and got to work. I made the flapjack-esque base and spread the peanut butter on it. Then it was time for the chocolate.
Although I had reduced the quantities of all the other ingredients (because my biggest baking tin was smaller than the one on the recipe), I didn't feel able to reduce the quantity of the chocolate. Or to leave any on the spatula when I had finished topping the base...
No, I mean it. You just don't leave chocolate on spatulas -
Mmmmmmm!
Not content with the dark/milk chocolate mix spread all over the top of the base, I added some white chocolate in random blobs and swirls.
The Uncle Neddies are complete!
12 comments:
Quite impressed you left the spatula .
Uncle Neddies look fab btw :-)
It was a struggle, but silicone, even chocolate coated, can be a bit chewy!
Even those of you allegedly lacking a sweet tooth would probably like the Uncle Neddies. If you topped them with wholefood peanut butter (not as sweet as the processed sort) and used dark chocolate, you could make them less sweet again. For me they're a bit like fabulously upmarket chocolate hobnobs!!
Isn't it time you took the JL label off your pinnie?
I did yesterday, realizing that the snoot factor of having the Johnny Lewlew's label on when nobody can come and see it was a bit pointless! Actually, the label is going into my photo journal on my birthday page, so now it'll be preserved for all eternity!!
Lisa, thanks for the mention and I hope you've enjoyed the "uncle neddie" bars. I love the idea of the extra topping of white choc!
Maria
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Maria, thanks for the recipe! We're enjoying the Uncle Neddies very much. Rationing ourselves so that we don't eat them all at once! I just drizzled the melted white choc onto the milk/dark mix (yes, I was using up ends of bars!!) before it had set. It looks quite pretty and tastes very nice.
'Lisa', 'chocolate', 'rationing' - nope, does not computer
UNCLES NEDDIES! You crack me up. They look delicious...
They taste even better than they look!
I had a dream about your Uncles Neddies last night! Wow, they're powerful...
Clearly my Uncle Neddies are more powerful than the original Old Henry!! We've been dreaming about more of them ever since we finished eating the first batch!
Hehe - you are so sweet!
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