Orange Chocolate Squares Recipe

The answer is quite simple, really. It is a lemon square. Without the lemon. And with orange instead of the lemon. And with cocoa in the crust.

Because chocolate and orange are delicious. And because everyone makes lemon squares (which are also delicious). But I don't want to do what everyone else does.

Therefore, I switched the lemon juice with orange juice, and dubbed my new creation the orange chocolate square.

The first time I made these, I simply replaced the amount of lemon juice with orange juice. But since it does not have exactly the same consistency as lemon juice, they took extra long to bake, and the filling did not quite set up as much as I expected.

My very wise mother suggested I use frozen orange juice instead, because it was more concentrated. When I tried that, they baked right on time, and had a much stronger orange flavor, like I wanted. Thank you, mama.

She also suggested that I decrease the amount of sugar because the orange juice was so concentrated. Thus, these are healthier than our usual lemon squares. Definitely.

• 4 eggs
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate