Decorated Chocolate Rusks

Name: Decorated Chocolate Rusks
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 desired amount Bread (French baguette is recommended); 1 desired amount Butter (unsalted butter is recommended); 1 desired amount Chocolate bars (white, milk, dark or any other chocolate you like)

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I spread chocolate on rusks, but it takes time and effort to melt chocolate so I came up with an idea to melt it with residual heat in the oven.

After putting it back in the oven, the chocolate seems to keep its shape and is not melted,but it's actually melted. Just take it out from the oven once after 5 minutes to see how much it melted. Recipe by yaburie

I spread chocolate on rusks, but it takes time and effort to melt chocolate so I came up with an idea to melt it with residual heat in the oven.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I spread chocolate on rusks, but it takes time and effort to melt chocolate so I came up with an idea to melt it with residual heat in the oven.

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Ingredients

1desired amount Bread (French baguette is recommended)
1desired amount Butter (unsalted butter is recommended)
1desired amount Chocolate bars (white, milk, dark or any other chocolate you like)

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Steps

1

Cut a baguette into 7 - 8 mm slices. If you are using a big loaf, adjust the size.
2

Thinly spread butter which was brought to room temperature (or warmed in microwave) on one side of each slice, using a butter knife.
3

Place the rusks on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. The side coated with butter should be up. Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 150℃
4

While baking, cut chocolate bars into pieces. I recommend using a knife,but you can also break it with your hands.
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Once the rusks are baked, turn them over and place chocolate pieces on top. You can decide the amount, but it's best to put a mound of chocolate pieces.
6

Once all rusks are covered with chocolate, put them back in the oven. You don't have to turn on the oven. 5 - 10 minutes in the oven makes chocolate melt using the residual heat.
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When the chocolate melts, take out the baking tray and smooth out the surface of the chocolate using a butter knife.
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Place them on a cake rack and let the chocolate harden in a cool place. If your room temperature is warm, then put them in the refrigerator.
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Once the chocolate is hard, it's done! You can bake many of them and wrap them in a bag showing the black and white side to look like the Othello game. Kids will love them too!
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You can also make a marble pattern by mixing white and dark chocolate evenly.
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＊For your reference, you can make about 40 - 50 rusks with one baguette and it takes 50 g of butter. With one chocolate bar you can make about 10 rusks.
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＊You can use unsalted butter, but its saltiness overpowers the rich chocolate taste and makes it a bit heavy.
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＊You can also bake them without butter, but they will turn out more like bread + chocolate instead of rusks.