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No-bake British Chocolate Tiffins
This is adapted from the Joy of Baking. The treat gets its name from a slang term for an afternoon snack. Most versions include butter and syrup, but this is a fairly uncomplicated rendition, using only butter and chocolate.
No-bake British Chocolate Tiffins
About This Recipe
| Yield: | 8 to 10 |
| Active time: | 20 minutes, plus 3+ hours chilling |
| Total time: | 3 to 4 hours |
| Special equipment: | Knife, cake pan or muffin tin with liners, stovetop |
| This recipe appears in: | No Oven Required: Real British 'Tiffins' |
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups of nuts (almonds, macadamia, walnuts or pecans)
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) chopped dark chocolate
- 1/4 cup butter
- 11/4 cup (4 ounces) of chopped shortbread, digestives, or other type of butter cookie/biscuit
Procedures
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1
Chop nuts and cookies into small 1/2 (approximate) pieces
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2
Melt chocolate and butter on stovetop over a bain marie until melted but not boiling, or melt in the microwave.
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3
Stir in nuts and cookie pieces. Press mixture into a parchment-lined 8-inch cake pan, or line a cupcake tray with 10 to 12 liners. Chill, and, if using a cake pan, break or cut into pieces before serving.
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4
If desired, feel free to personalize this by adding dried fruit (a traditional ingredient). Or, for a real American spin on the recipe, use honey-roasted peanuts and graham cracker crumbs.
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