Giant Pizza Cookie

This is a fantastic ‘pizza’ as a pudding.  It tastes really delicious warm (so far I haven’t managed to eat any cold because it gets eaten to quickly!).  As always with Pampered Chef the recipe is quick and easy. This is also the find of recipe that kids will love to help make and then help eating later of course!

Ingredients
1 cup plain flour
¾ cup oats
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
115g butter or margarine at room temperature
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
100g dark chocolate
1 tub chocolate frosting/chocolate spread/nutella
Smarties, fudge, white chocolate (or any sweets for the topping)

Method

1.       Preheat oven to 180^oC or gas mark 4.
2.       Lightly spray Medium round stone with Kitchen spritzer, set aside.
3.       In small batter bowl mix flour, oats, baking powder and salt measured using easy read measuring cups and adjustable measuring spoons with bamboo spoon set aside
4.       In classic batter bowl beat butter and brown sugar until creamy using bamboo spoon add egg and vanilla and beat well
5.       Chop the dark chocolate with the food chopper add to the butter mixture. Add the flour mixture and mix well using mix n scraper
6.       shape the dough into a ball and place on the medium round stone, roll into a large circle using the bakers roller. 
7.       Bake for 14 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven using oven mitt and place on the stackable cooling rack
8.       cool slightly
9.       Use large spreader to cover the cookie with frosting
10.     chop fudge with forged cutlery utility knife, scatter on top with smarties and any other sweets you are using
11.       grate white chocolate on top using microplane grater fitted with the food holder
12.      Slice with pizza cutter, serve with Apple Berry Salsa and ENJOY

Susie Evans
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Chocolate Cake for Rectangular Baker

This chocolate cake recipe was given to me by my lovely friend Anne. It is perfect for the Rectangular Stoneware Baker and for making a large cake for a big occasion.  The topping is an adaptation of a couple I have seen floating around Facebook.

So very, very easy, its almost feels like cheating!!

Ingredients for Cake

12oz  Soft Unsalted Butter or Margarine
12oz  Sugar
6 Eggs
9oz Self Raising Flour
3 oz Cocoa

Ingredients for Butter Icing

6oz Icing Sugar
4oz very soft Unsalted Butter/ Marg
1 or 2 tbps Cocoa to taste

Method

• Preheat Oven 170C/ 150C Fan/ Gas 4
• Beat the butter/marg and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs slowly and beat.
• Fold Flour and Cocoa in.
• Put mixture into Rectangular Baker and smooth top a bit.
• Cook for 40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
• Leave to cool before attempting icing.

For the icing combine Butter and Icing Sugar in Batter Bowl until fully mixed.  Add cocoa to taste.  Spread over cake using Small Spreader.