"American Chocolate Fingers
250g butter; 3c flour; 250g brown sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 2 beaten eggs; 2 tbsp cocoa

Mix together and press half the mix into a greased long sandwich tin. Spread with the following: beat the white of 1 egg, add 1 tbsp caster sugar, 1c coconut, and ¼c milk. Press remainder of cake mix on top and bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. Ice with chocolate icing and cut into fingers.
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CHOCOLATE “SALAMI”
1 x 250g packet gingernuts
2-4 tbsp dark rum
150g plain dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
50g unsalted butter
1 egg
150g glace cherries
icing sugar for rolling

Put the gingernuts in a food processor and whiz until they are finely crushed. Tip the gingernut crumbs into a bowl and sprinkle them with the rum. Mix with a fork.
Place the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of hot, not boiling, water and leave it to melt. Stir in the butter until melted. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and beat the egg into the warm mixture. Add the crushed gingernuts and the whole cherries and mix well. Leave to cool, then form the mixture into 2 logs, each 5cm Ø. Sift the icing sugar on to a bench and roll each log in the icing sugar until well coated. Wrap the logs in greaseproof paper and chill until firm. Store in a cool place (or freeze - for Christmas perhaps?).
To serve, cut into very thin slices and kept chilled until ready to serve.

Hope that helps. :-))

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cookessentials - 2013-11-19 14:40:00

Lots of goodies in here for Christmas so worth a bump....again

suzanna - 2013-12-06 07:47:00

mumofanangel wrote:

Highlander-
Biscuits 500g [1 lb ] butter, 1 tin condensed milk, 1 tsp salt, vanilla, 2 cups sugar, 6 tsp Bakin g Powder, 6 cups flour [1kg]a little more if add egg to recipe to make creamier. Cream butter, sugar& cond milk [&egg]. Add dry ingredients and mix well.Rol into balls and flatten with fork.[I make a sausage and slice, then prick with a fork] Bake mod oven 12 minutes. Freeze well and thaw quickly. Can divide and make different flavours. eg choc chips, cocoa, bournvita, peanuts, almond essence, lemon juice and peel, sultanas, weetbix, ricies etc., I make this for sales tables and weigh out into 100gm biscuits, clingwrap and sell for $1. makes approx 24

that sounds delicious

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cookessentials wrote:

Dreambar-
s ( using Christmas mince) a great brianmac recipe returns!

Dream Bars These have Christmas fruit mince in them, BUT they are delicious, even for those (like me) who dont like fruit mince.
BASE:90g butter;1/3 cup brown sugar, lightly packed;1 cup plain flour. TOPPING:2 eggs;1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed;1 tsp vanilla;1 tbsp plain flour;1/2 tsp baking powder;1 1/2 cups coconut;1 cup bottled fruit mince. Beat butter with sugar until light & creamy. Stir in sifted flour, mix well. Press into 28x18cm lamington pan lined with greased paper. cont... .

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cont... Bake in mod oven 10 mins. Remove from oven and spread with prepared topping, bake a further 25-30 mins, until firm and golden brown. Allow to cookl in tin. When cold, dust with sifted icing sugar. Cut into slices.
TOPPING:Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until thick and creamy. Fold in sifted dry ing, coconut and fruit mince. Mix well.

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Called wanting ones 15 minutes of fame. Pretty sad really.

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cookessentials wrote:

Deal with it love, it comes from the envious having the useful threads deleted, doesn't it?

oh, so its 'Love' you are feeling.
lol. the envious, I think you truly have missed the boat, you chose the low road sweetie, I won't go there. I don't mind recycling though.

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cookessentials - 2014-07-01 09:16:00

cookessentials wrote:

bumping for someone wanting caramel recipes. Heaps in here with the caramel slice recipes.

I gained a few kgs just scrolling thru the recipes haha...can't wait to try some out...

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2young1 - 2014-07-01 17:57:00

thanks for this I am wading through it I just wondered whether anyone recognised this slice

lovely rich buttery base that tasted a bit like shortbread (but was not crushed shortbread-hope that makes sense) just topped with a thick layer of chocolate with a few nuts in.

i can manage the chocolate lol it was the base it was so yummy!
thanks

huca1 - 2014-07-27 21:01:00

bump

looking for slice inspiration!

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cookessentials - 2014-12-03 11:10:00

Bumping..

justme27 - 2015-01-24 16:14:00

KRISPIES

Coconut Biscuits

Ingredients
Makes 40

1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Sanding sugar, for sprinkling

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast coconut on a rimmed baking sheet in oven, stirring often, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
Stir together flour, granulated sugar, coconut, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a stiff dough (about 5 tablespoons water total). Form the dough into a rectangle. Wrap dough in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper. Transfer dough on parchment to a baking sheet. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
Cut dough into 40 small rectangles (about 1 1/4-by-2 1/2 inches each) using a sharp knife. Transfer biscuits to parchment- lined baking sheets using a thin spatula. Lightly brush tops with water. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until biscuits just turn golden brown, about 11 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Biscuits can be stored in an airtight container, up to 1 day.

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bev00 - 2015-02-03 23:48:00

bump for the bakers

uli - 2016-01-28 10:32:00

bump again

uli - 2016-04-22 18:35:00

Bump for person in parenting..

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deb8888 - 2016-08-06 04:31:00

On last page - bump

pixiegirl - 2017-08-02 12:36:00

Lovely to see another thread saved.. thanks for doing that for everyone Pixie.. :-)

juliewn - 2017-08-06 23:35:00

kiwirb wrote:

thanks, but... I don't think the one I am after is a caramel slice -it definitely looks yellower than caramel slices, and tastes very creamy....but i might try the caramel slice anyway :)

I think you may be thinking of Nanimo Bar? Canadian classic.

Bottom layer

½ cup unsalted butter (European style cultured)
¼ cup sugar
5 tbsp. cocoa
1 egg beaten
1 ¾ cups graham wafer crumbs
½ cup finely chopped almonds
1 cup coconut

Melt first three ingredients in top of a double boiler.
Add egg and stir to cook and thicken.
Remove from heat. Stir in crumbs, coconut and nuts.
Press firmly into an ungreased 8″x8″ pan.

Middle layer

½ cup unsalted butter
2 tbsp. and 2 tsp. cream
2 tbsp. vanilla custard powder
2 cups icing sugar

Cream butter, cream, custard powder and icing sugar together well.
Beat until light. Spread over bottom layer.

Top layer

4 squares semi-sweet chocolate (1 oz. each)
2 tbsp. unsalted butter

Melt chocolate and butter over low heat.
Cool. When cool, but still liquid, pour over second layer and chill in refrigerator.

oopie - 2017-08-09 16:58:00

bump
i have nothing else to do while working hard

spunkeymonkey - 2017-09-09 01:26:00

I'm looking for choc custard square
Does anyone have the recipe for it please

morgana-rose - 2018-04-03 18:07:00

bumping up

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