This is one of those easy no-bake slices made using sweetened condensed milk. Because it’s no-bake it’s a great one for school holiday helpers to make and then eat.
LEMON COCONUT SLICE
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Category Archives: Biscuits & Slices
CHEESE BISCUITS
It’s really easy to grab a packet of chips and a tub of dip to have when friends come over, but if you’ve got the time to make them these homemade cheese biscuits are terrific. They don’t take that long to do and they go really well with a drink.
DUTCH TART
I have no idea how this got the name ‘Dutch’ tart, it’s one of the mysteries of Mum’s old recipes. It’s made in a swiss roll tin, a tray that has slightly raised edges (about 2 to 3cm deep) and has dimensions of roughly 23 x 33xm, so it’s hardly a tart, more of a slice really, but who can argue with their Mother….
DUTCH TART
Rub 60g butter into 1 cup plain flour. Mix to a stiff paste with milk. Roll out to fit swiss roll tin. Spread with raspberry jam. Top with cake mixture.
Cake mixture: 5 tablespoons butter, ½ cup sugar, 1 cup self raising flour, ½ cup milk, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon mixed spice, 1 tablespoon chopped dates, 1 tablespoon sultanas, 2 tablespoons walnuts. Cream butter & sugar. Add sifted flour and spices, mix in dried fruits and walnuts and milk. Spread on top of pastry. Bake moderate oven 180o for 30 mins. When cool spread over lemon icing.
CHOCOLATE CUSTARD SLICE
Back in the 80s these type of slices were quite common. You baked the base, added a filling and then a chocolate topping. The trick was to add a little butter to the melted chocolate otherwise the topping cracked when you cut it. I think the custard filling in this one is a bit different and would taste quite good.
MARS BAR SLICE
These are a step up from the usual Chocolate Crackles – extra luscious!!!!
PALMIERS
I’ve always thought Palmiers seem a bit plain by themselves, but I like the idea in this recipe of sandwiching them together with whipped cream for a dessert. They’d be lovely with some fresh berries.
PEANUT CARAMEL SQUARES
Mum and Dad joined a bowling club in the late 1970s and it took over from golf as their sporting passion. I didn’t realize until I started sorting out Mum’s recipes what an influence that also had on her cooking. There’s recipes from her bowling friends, the club magazine and in this case from Bowls in Victoria magazine.
ITALIAN CROSTOLI FRITTERS
It always surprises me with these recipes of Mum’s, I think that a dish is new and modern and then I find a handwritten or printed recipe from years back. While Italians have been eating crostoli for generations when Mum cut this recipe out back in 1994 it must have seemed quite new to her.
CHRISTMAS MINCEMEAT
I’ve always wondered why this is called Mincemeat when it obviously doesn’t have any meat in it, but as you can see from this very old recipe it’s been called that for a long time. Mum used to make a batch each Christmas for her fruit mince pies and while buying them from the supermarket is not a lot easier now, they somehow don’t have the same flavor.
CHOCOLATE CORNFLAKE SLICE – Kiddies Delight
I guess Mum couldn’t find the cellotape when she saved this old newspaper cutting and instead used a pin to keep the two sections together. Unusual perhaps, but it’s done the job for all these years. I’ve taken the liberty of renaming the recipe as I didn’t think Kiddies Delight was enough of a description for it, but whatever it’s called I think kids would love it.
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