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.
I know that cooking with nuts is not as popular these days because of all the allergy problems, but I thought this old recipe was still worth adding to the collection.
PEANUT HONEY SLICE
Place rice bubbles, peanuts and coconut in a bowl. Boil honey, butter, sugar for 5 mins – only. Pour over dry ingredients and bake 5 mins only in 180o oven. Mark while hot and recut when cold.
I was surprised to find this recipe in Mum’s collection. I’ve made Florentine biscuits many times, but this is the first time I’ve seen a recipe for it as a slice.
This was another of Mum’s afternoon tea or supper treats. I remember the sponge being light and the jam and cream filling delicious.
When my children were at school I used to bake a batch of biscuits at least once a week and these were a great favourite. I must have written this recipe out for Mum grabbing the first bit of paper I could find and used a texta to write with, not a great piece of penmanship. It comes out of one of my biscuit cookbooks that was published in the 60s, but I made them a lot later than that. You’ll need 125g of butter.
These were definitely an afternoon tea delight. Coming home from school to find some of them left on a plate after Mum’s friends had gone home was a marvellous treat. With a bit of luck there were a few sandwiches and other goodies left as well. Argh, the good old days when there was time to have fancy afternoon teas………………….
This a classic slice recipe, not just for my family, but for many Australian families. I’ve started with Mum’s original handwritten version and then added the typed version from my own recipe collection. On the side I’ve added the metric conversions. To be honest I’m not sure when Mum first started making it but I’ve dated it from the 1950s . I do know though that it still tastes great.
This is one for chocolate lovers, of which Mum most definitely was one of. She always bought a block of Cadburys chocolate when it was on special at the supermarket and loved eating a few squares at night after tea.
These are biscuits that the whole family will love and the best thing is that they’re inexpensive and easy to make.
This slice looks quite luscious, but then you can’t go far wrong with chocolate, sultanas, cherries, coconut and almonds – can you?
