Friday, August 29, 2008

Apple Crumble Slice

I got this recipe out of a Recipes+ Magazine.....I also added extra brown sugar and cinnamon.
Ingredients
  1. 1 kg (5) Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, roughly chopped
  2. 1/3 cup firmly packed soft brown sugar
  3. 2 1/2 cups plain flour
  4. 1/2 cup icing sugar mixture
  5. 230g cold butter, chopped
  6. Iced water
  7. 3/4 cup rolled oats
  8. 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  9. 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

How to

  1. Place apples in a saucepan; add half the brown sugar and 1 teaspoon tap water, Cover; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 15 minutes. Uncover, simmer, stirring often, until liquid evaporates. Cool.
  2. Preheat oven to 180*C/160* fan forced. Grease and line a 30 x 20 cm lamington pan with baking paper. Place flour, icing sugar and 200g butter in a food processor, pulse until crumbly. Add 3 tablespoons Iced water: pulse until mixture forms small clumps, add 1 more tablespoon if needed. Place 1/3 crumble mixture in a bowl; cover and chill, knead remaining mixture into a dough: press evenly in base of pan.
  3. Line pastry with baking paper; bake blind for 10 minutes. Remove weight and paper; bake for 10 minutes more or until pale golden. Cool. Spread apple over pastry.
  4. Add oats to chilled crumble with walnuts, cinnamon and remaining brown sugar. Rub in 30g butter to make coarse crumbs; sprinkle over apple. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden . cool slightly before cutting.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Chocolate Slice

Ingrediants
  1. 1 1/4 cups Self Raising Flour
  2. 2 tablespoons Cocoa
  3. 3/4 cup coconut
  4. 1/2 cup caster sugar
  5. 1 egg
  6. 125 g melted butter

How to

Line a 20 x 30 cm slice tray with baking paper, melt butter and set aside.Combine all the dry ingredients and the egg before adding the melted butter. Bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes and allow to cool slightly in tray before transfering to a cooling rake.

This slice is great with either chocolate icing or dust with icing sugar.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Spotted Cookies.

Ingredients
  1. 185 g unsalted butter, softened
  2. 1 cup caster sugar
  3. 1 egg, lightly beaten
  4. 2 tablespoons vanilla essence
  5. 2 1/2 cups plain flour
  6. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

* If using dough logs straight away, chill for at least 30 minutes before slicing. Dough will store in the fridge in airtight wrappings for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.

How to

  1. Using an electric mixer, beat butter with sugar in a large mixing bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour with baking powder; stir into mixture.
  2. Divide dough in half. On a sheet of baking paper, shape each half into a 4 x 30cm roll. Roll logs in paper; twist ends to seal.
  3. Preheat oven to 180 degrees / 160 degrees fan forced. Cut logs in 5mm-thick slices. Place on trays. Press smarties or choc bits gently into dough. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until golden.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Chocolate Brownie Slice

I came across this on Melissa Goodsell's Blog........it's soooo yummy and easy to make.
Ingredients
  1. 2 eggs
  2. 1 cup sugar
  3. 125 grams melted better
  4. 1/2 cup self raising flour
  5. 5 tablespoons cocoa
  6. 1 tablespoon vanilla ( to help make it nice and moist)
  7. Icing sugar - to sprinkle on top once cool.

How to

Beat the eggs, butter and sugar together, add the cocoa, flour and vanilla and mix again.

Bake in a moderate oven ( 180 degrees ) for about 20 - 30 minutes.

It should be dense and fudgy.

Sprinkle with icing sugar once cool.