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		| Quick Chocolate Squares | Printer Friendly Copy |  
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				| Makes 20 squares | Prep  15 mins | Cooking 25-30 mins | Easy |  |  
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				| Ingredients
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				| 1 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted 2 tbsp boiling water
 225g plain flour
 2 tsp baking powder
 175g butter or soft butter
 75g caster sugar
 3 eggs, beaten
 3 tbsp skimmed or semi-skimmed milk
 
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					  Stir the cocoa powder and the 
					  boiling water together until smooth. Sift the flour and 
					  baking powder together and beat in the cocoa mixture with 
					  the butter, sugar, eggs and milk. Beat until smooth.
					  Spoon into a lightly 
					  greased and base-lined 28 x 23 cm tin. Bake in a preheated 
					  oven at 180C/ Fan 160C/ Gas 4 for 25-30 mins. Cool in the 
					  tin, before turning out on to a wire rack to cool 
					  completely. Cut into 20 squares.
					  If you are doing these for a 
					  children's party, these squares can be decorated with 
					  chocolate chips or icing. |  |