Chocolate Bars Microwave Version Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP BARS

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips and walnuts. Spread into a greased 8-in. square microwave-safe dish. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 3-1/2 minutes or until bars test done, rotating a quarter turn every minute. Cool before cutting.

CHOCOLATE BARS (MICROWAVE VERSION)

Steps:

• 1. Combine flour, baking powder, powdered sugar and orange or lemon peel in a bowl.
• 2. Add butter. Blend with hands until mixture resembles cornmeal. You may do this in a food processor - process until mixture forms a soft ball.
• 3. Press mixture evenly over bottom of a microsafe baking dish. Place dish on a microsafe meat rack or on a microsafe platter.
• 4. Microwave for 4 minutes at HIGH power. Remove from microwave oven.
• 5. Sprinkle chocolate chips all over hot crust. As chocolate melts, spread evenly over pastry.
• 6. Combine all remaining ingredients in a bowl. Mix thoroughly. Pour mixture over chocolate layer.
• 7. Microwave for about 8 minutes at MEDIUM HIGH power, turning dish once if your microwave is not a rotating one.
• 8. Let cake stand for a few minutes. Cool in pan. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into bars or thin wedges depending on dish used.

MICROWAVE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine oats and brown sugar. Stir in butter and corn syrup. Press into a greased 9-in. square microwave-safe dish. , Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1-1/2 minutes. Rotate a half turn; microwave 1-1/2 minutes longer. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Microwave at 30% power for 4-1/2 minutes or until chips are glossy; spread chocolate evenly over top. , Refrigerate 15-20 minutes before cutting.