Lots o' matzo

During the week of Passover, which begins at sundown Monday night, as Jews we mark our ancestor's exodus from slavery to freedom the holiday's added dietary restriction. For those that don't know there is to be no eating of leavened bread or the like might seem like shackles of a different sort but alas there is always a way to make it sweeter.

Here is a treat I have been making for years now:

Matzo Roca

Ingredients:

4 pieces matzo

1 c. (or more) of chocolate chips

1 c. sweet butter (2 sticks) 1 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. chopped almonds

Preheat oven to 350 derees

Place matzo on cookie sheet I line them with non stick foil to help clean up

Place them flat, no overlapping

you wil need to break a few whole ones to make it fit nicely

Bring butter & brown sugar to a boil

Pour over matzo

Bake uncovered for 8 min

Remove from oven spread chocolate chips & almonds on top

Bake again for 4 min

Remove from oven, let cool, break apart

Matzo Munch (no baking)

Ingredients:

11 pieces of matzo

11 oz white & dark chocolate

3/4 c. chopped nuts, I use pistachios, and 1 1/2 c. dried fruit, I use apricots.

Brush 1 side of matzo with melted white or dark chocolate; drizzle remaining dark chocolate over the white coated matzo and vice versa. Sprinkle with fruit & nuts. Refridge until chocolate is set, 15 min. Breadk into pieces. Serve imeediately or store in refridge up to a week.

Cocoa Crunch (no baking)

Ingredients:

4 pieces matzo

1 c. or more dark chocolate chips

1 c. cinnamon almonds (I make home made but Trader Joes makes some tasty ones)

2 containers cocoa nibs (get them from Trader Joes at check out, the whole box is 70 cal)

Melt the chocolate in microwave 1 min, stir until smooth.

Coat matzo with chocolate

Mix almonds & cocoa nibs together & sprinkle on top

Chill in refridge until set

Store in covered container.

Enjoy making these treats as I do . I have some friends & fam that ask for these even when its not the holiday.

Happy Passover!!!