Lazy bank holiday and a yummy tray bake!

Today was one of those lovely laid back days that if you tried to plan it it would never work out like that. The two girls went to visit their Nanna & Grandad who live a little further down the road from us on a farm that my husband now runs, so they had a great day moving cattle out of sheds and into fields

As for myself and Seanie, we pottered about in the sun it was such a beautiful day again, long may it last, tending to our few flowers and vegetables that are starting to grow. In the afternoon we decided a little treat was in order and decided to make a malteser tray bake for a treat after tea, here is the recipe in case you would like to try it for yourself!

Malteser Tray Bake

Ingredients:

(for the bottom layer)

400g milk chocolate,

200g unsalted butter,

4tbsp golden syrup,

250g digestive biscuits, crushed

175g maltesers

(for the topping)

250g white or milk chocolate,

50 g unsalted butter,

1 tbsp golden syrup,

75g maltesers crushed

Method:

Melt the 400g milk chocolate along with the 200g unsalted butter and the 4 tbsp of golden syrup in a double boiler, making sure that none of the water gets in along with the chocolate.

Place the crushed digestive biscuits and most of the funsize bag of maltesers into a bowl and add in the melted choc mixture, (leaving some for the topping if only using milk choc) mix thoroughly. Place into a swiss roll tin and flatten out. If using white chocolate clean pan and add white choc, remaining butter and golden syrup and melt. Pour or drizzle over the top of the tray bake and sprinkle with the crushed maltesers.(sometimes if we are feeling really naughty we add chocolate buttons as well!) Leave in the fridge for at least one hour (if you can bear it!!) or untill set, slice into squares and serve. Mmmmmm these are very filling but very very nice!

We have also made this tray bake by using crushed chocolate chip cookies instead of digestive biscuits and sometimes when we run out of whilte chocolate we just use plain for the topping we like both equally. These are a big hit with the kids, I cut them into tiny pieces because they are really filling and they just love them.

Enjoy!

Moe x