Layered Citrus Chocolate Squares

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 32 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• icing sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 make crust: combine 1 cup flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder, and then cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 2 mix in 1/4 cup icing sugar and 1 tbsp orange peel.
• 3 press mixture into an 8 inch square pan.
• 4 bake crust at 350 f for 7 minutes.
• 5 for filling: as soon as you take the crust out of the oven, sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over it.
• 6 let chocolate chips melt and then spread the melted chocolate over the crust.
• 7 (if the chocolate chips aren't melting, return pan to oven for a few minutes.) make topping: combine remaining ingredients (except icing sugar for garnish).
• 8 mix well.
• 9 pour topping over chocolate in pan.
• 10 bake at 350 f until top is lightly browned, about 25 minutes.
• 11 when cool, dust with icing sugar and then cut into squares.