I'd like to throw a couple of fun naughty bits and pieces at you. Super fun to whip up with the kids. This is the stuff your granny knows. Somehow instinctively built in. Not fancy or complicated but tasty and full of memories of sticky fingers and faces. And somehow she could magic this stuff up in 10 mins, throw on a hat or whatever, grab the purse and she's out the door taking you to the park to entertain and shut you up til your slice or cookies are cooled.
MARS BAR SLICE
3 Tbs butter
3 Mars bars (chopped up)
3 cups of rice bubbles
Gently melt your mars bars and butter, stirring constantly. Try not to eat this concoction straight from the pot. Ok maybe one spoon. Just to test it. Throw the rice bubbles in a big bowl and once your caramel mixture is cooled slightly pour it over and stir, combining well. Spread evenly in a slice pan lined with foil or baking paper. Make sure you leave some overhang on the bottom layer for easy liftage. 20cm x 20cm for the pan is a good bet. Chill in the fridge to set and there you go.
NUTTY COCONUT CHIPPY CLUSTERS
1 400g tin of condensed milk
2 cups of moist shredded coconut (Half of which you could toast for more flavour)
Generous 1/2 cup of peanut butter, smooth or crunchy, to your taste
1 cup of plain potato chips, slightly crushed up
Put the dry ingredients in a bowl, mix well to combine. In a separate bowl stir your peanut butter into the condensed milk before adding the coconut and chips to it. I wouldn't tell anyone if at this point you wanted to add chocolate chips or whatever takes your fancy. Just make sure you mix it all well.
Drop in spoonfuls onto a lined baking tray. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 for maybe 15 mins or until lightly golden. Enjoy.
GINGERNUTS
1 cup of plain flour
2 Tbs sugar
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp cinnamon
Generous 1/2 tsp of ground ginger, I like mine with a real ginger punch so I'd double that amount.
1 tsp bi carb
60g butter
2 Tbs golden syrup
This is crazy easy, are you ready? Combine the dry ingredients. Melt the butter and syrup together. Add it to the dry stuff to form a soft dough. Place in spoonfuls on a lined tray and bake for 15 mins at 180 or until golden. You're done. Go make a cup of tea. You could even wash the the pot and spoon.
One for the grown ups...
For those with a sense of humour... Or those trying to re-gain one.
BOILED FRUITCAKE..?
1 cup butter. 1 cup water. 1 tsp salt.
Squeeze of lemon juice. 1 cup sugar. 4 large eggs
1 tsp baking powder. 1 bottle whiskey
1 cup mixed fruit. 2 Tbs brown sugar. 50 g walnuts.
Place water, fruit and 1/2 cup of sugar into a small saucepan and boil for 15 mins. Pour whiskey into a shot glass and sample the quality. Good. Get a large mixing bowl. Check whiskey again, pour 1 large glass and drink. Repeat previous step. Turn on electric mixer and beat the butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1tsp baking powder and 1/2 cup sugar and beat again. Re-sample whisky to ensure it's still whisky. Turn off mixer and break two eggs and bowl to add. Chuck in dried fruit. Mix on the turner. (If fruit gets stuck in beaters pry loose with screwdriver.) sample whisky to tonsisicity. Next sift two cups of salt or something. Who cares? Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add 1 babblespoon of green sugar or whatever colour you find. Wix well.grease the oven and turn the cakepan to 350' greedles. Don't forget to beat the turner. Pour cake mix into cake pan and over bench. Throw bowl out of window. Stagger into laundry and put cake into oven, set to hot rinse. Continue sapling whisky til the noddle is empty and bo to bed. Sleep tight.
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