Chocolate Oat Slice Recipe
Chocolate Oat Slice Recipe
One of the few things I don’t bake are Anzac biscuits much to my husband’s disgust. I feel it’s best to leave the Aussie traditional cooking to the born and bred amongst you. But now I feel kind of sad that I haven’t made them as I have just discovered that it’s not just Anzac biscuits my husband is obsessed with but all treats made with oats and I know this because this Chocolate Oat Slice was DEVOURED. And that says a lot because he is on a diet (having lost 25kgs now) and he has been extremely restrained the last few months; a little bite of this, a tiny smidgeon of that, a “no thanks I won’t eat that”. Like seriously restrained, he is basically surviving on fruit and muesli bars throughout the day and just protein and vegetables for dinner. He will politely try my baking and then the rest gets given to friends, neighbours and family. But he was having NONE of that with this slice. He claimed it all.
In fact, he was so excited about it when he learned there were sweet oats on the base that he didn’t want to wait for it to cool down (so I put it in the fridge to appease him) and then he still poked his big fingers in there and scooped some out which made it rather difficult to slice and photograph but I did manage to salvage some pieces. And while I was slicing it up he claimed ownership to every off-cut that I was putting to the side. Mine, mine, mine LOL. Folks, we have a winner with this slice. Chewy and delicious oat base with a gorgeous fudgey chocolate topping made with sweetened condensed milk, dark chocolate and walnuts! Oh, and it makes a LOT. Two whole slice trays full, so lots to share!
Ingredients
2 cups (440g) brown sugar
250g unsalted butter, melted
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups (300g) self raising flour
3 cups (270g) oats
30g butter, extra
300g dark chocolate, chopped
395g sweetened condensed milk
1 cup (110g) chopped walnuts
2 tsp vanilla essence, extra
Method
Pre-heat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced/350F.
Line two 18 x 28cm slice trays with non-stick baking paper.
Mix the brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla together in a large bowl, then stir in the flour and oats. Divide between the two trays and press down to spread out and flatten.
Place the remaining butter, chocolate and condensed milk in a small saucepan and gently heat, stirring until melted and smooth. Add the extra vanilla and walnuts and stir through and divide in half over the two trays.
Bake for 30 minutes then set aside to cool before slicing into bars.
Ingredients
- 2 cups (440g) brown sugar
- 250g unsalted butter, melted
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 cups (300g) self raising flour
- 3 cups (270g) oats
- 30g butter, extra
- 300g dark chocolate, chopped
- 395g sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup (110g) chopped walnuts
- 2 tsp vanilla essence, extra
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced/350F.
- Line two 18 x 28cm slice trays with non-stick baking paper.
- Mix the brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla together in a large bowl, then stir in the flour and oats. Divide between the two trays and press down to spread out and flatten.
- Place the remaining butter, chocolate and condensed milk in a small saucepan and gently heat, stirring until melted and smooth. Add the extra vanilla and walnuts and stir through and divide in half over the two trays.
- Bake for 30 minutes then set aside to cool before slicing into bars.
Carolyn Murphy
Carolyn Murphy is a married mother of three and regularly provides us with recipes and strange but true stories about her life. When she’s not here, she can also be found on her website pinkpostitnote.com where all her other recipes are located!
