School days recipes

ADELE

CHOCOLATE CRUNCH

Prep time: 5mins – Cooking time: 30mins



Ingredients & Quantities (makes 1 tray – 24 slices)

• Plain Flour 425g
• Self Raising Flour 425g
• Sugar 375g
• Margarine (melted) 425g
• Eggs (beaten) 2
• Cocoa 40g
• Vanilla Essence Drops 0.5tsp (I would recommend either a vanilla pod or a few drops of a proper vanilla extract)

1 tray is 26cm x 38cm x 2.5cm to yield 24 portions.

Method

1. In a large capacity bowl and using the paddle attachment, mix the flour, sugar and cocoa.
2. Add the melted margarine and vanilla essence to the dry ingredients and beat in the eggs.
3. Press the mixture, evenly into lightly greased tins.
4. Brush the tops with water and sprinkle with some additional sugar.
5. Oven bake at 150°C/300°F/Gas 2 for at least 30 minutes.
6. If you require a 'crunchier' crunch then cook for longer as required. The finished result is of personal preference.

nanto3girls

Will give this recipe a try Adele. Thank you.

jumblejack

Did anyone used to sing this on the playground (sung to the tune of frer a jacques - excuse the spelling!)

"school dinners, school dinners,
Concrete chips, concrete chips,
Sloppy semilina, sloppy semilina,
I feel sick, toilet quick,
It's too late, dunnit on my plate!"

Hope that may bring a few memories flooding back. I'd forgotten about it until I saw this thread!

Zziggi

jumblejack wrote: »

Did anyone used to sing this on the playground (sung to the tune of frer a jacques - excuse the spelling!)

"school dinners, school dinners,
Concrete chips, concrete chips,
Sloppy semilina, sloppy semilina,
I feel sick, toilet quick,
It's too late, dunnit on my plate!"

Hope that may bring a few memories flooding back. I'd forgotten about it until I saw this thread!

Used to sing the rhyme but actually i LOVED school dinners!!

Lippycow

I found this recipe so thought i would post it.

Chocolate Floorboard

11oz Marg
11oz Golden Syrup
1oz Cocoa Powder
9oz Dried Milk
5oz Cornflakes
2oz Drinking Chocolate

Melt Butter,Syrup and Cocoa Powder in a pan, meanwhile mix and crush together remaining dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour melted ingredients into dry and mix,pour into a lined tin and leave to set and harden.

fairylittle

have just read whole thread - brought back many memories

my primary school was an old victorian school with old fashioned desks, it closed the year after I left and we used to sit in tables of 8 with 2 of us as servers.

I loved : chocolate sponge with chocolate custard mmm

chicken pie seved in big metal tins which we had to slice and dish out.

green chicken curry with sultanas in with rice.

most of the puddings to be honest :rotfl:

I hated : semolina and tapioca with green, red or blue sugar in the middle ugh _pale_

grey mince with lumpy mash.

cremated liver and onions.

also loved the big metal jugs of ice cold water and the little bottles of free school milk with a straw at first break

wasn't the same when they went down the cafeteria route in the early 80's, used to have chips and beans most days lol :rotfl:

Pocketlady_2

radiohelen wrote: »

Lemon Love Cake

S.R FLOUR 1 1/4 LBS
MARG 10oz
SUGAR 10oz
EGGS 2
LEMON CURD 1 LB

rub the fat into the flour add sugar and mix well put the bowl of mixture into oven and warm slightly
bind together with the egg to a stiff paste do not add water or milk.
keep mixing until a soft smooth texture is obtained
roll out and line tray with half the mixture spread on the lemon curd and cover with the other half of the mixture
bake in a slow oven for 3/4 to 1 hour.
this is enough for 25 servings.


HTH

Please can you advise what temperature you mean by slow oven as my DH absolutely loves lemon puddings/cakes.

squeaky

NNNNOOOOoooo....!! Don't you DARE!!

I've just made a brand new batch of home made lemon curd (Thank you Glad) and I'm not about to use it all in one go and add at least two inches to my waistline. Harumph!

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Ok, I've been thinking about it... go on, tell us

ifonlyitwaseasier

just made chocolate crunch (one of the early versions posted) and WOW i'm trying to not go back for more

jumblejack

Me too!! Made it yesterday. Aren't the quantities HUGE!!! I didn't use it all in the tray as there was so much and I used the extras as biscuits. Yum. Gonna make the mint custard tomorrow to go with it. The real recipe uses no eggs so looking forward to nostalgia nosh!

Anyhow, must dash. I'm off to prep a chicken now my brekkie is over (like to catch up on the tips n ideas on the OS board when I have a tea break. Saves a fortune on mags!)