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Peppermint Chocolate Squares
Delicious chocolate cookies / biscuits with a hint of peppermint. Topped with peppermint / Aero chocolate.
Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
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Ingredients:
1 large egg
1/3 cup cooking oil
½ cup sugar
3 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp peppermint essence
1½ cups desiccated coconut
2 cups self-raising flour
100g soft butter
Topping: Peppermint crisp or aero chocolate
Method:
Preheat your oven at 180°C.
Lightly grease a 20 x 20 centimetre square baking tin.
In a large mixing bowl add the butter and oil. Whisk the butter, sugar and oil until light and creamy.
Add the egg and mix until creamy.
Add the coco powder and peppermint essence, stir to combine.
Add the self-raising flour & coconut and mix by hand to make fairly stiff dough.
Press the dough evenly in the greased baking tin. Lightly scrape the top of the dough with a fork for a rustic effect.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for approximately 10 – 15 minutes.
Grate the chocolate over the cake immediately upon removal from the oven. The chocolate will melt over the warm dough.
Allow to cool slightly before slicing into squares. Gently remove the squares from the tin and leave to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before storing in an airtight container.
Makes 20 – 24 biscuit squares.
Variation:
Roll the dough between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper, scrape the dough lightly with a fork for a rough texture. Use a square or round cookie cutter to cut out shapes.
Transfer the cut out shapes onto a lined baking tin. Bake at 180°C for about 8-10 min or until the cookie is firm to the touch.
Transfer onto a cooling rack. Grate peppermint / aero chocolate over the warm cookies and top with an aero bubble chocolate.
Store in an airtight container when the cookies have cooled down completely.
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Orange Biscuits (lemoen koekies)
Orange Biscuits (lemoen koekies)
Traditional Cape Malay biscuits flavoured with orange essence and dried citrus peels.
Orange Biscuits / Lemoen Koekies
Ingredients:
250g soft butter or good quality baking butter
1 cup sugar
1 extra large egg
¼ cup sunflower oil
3 tsp orange essence
4 x 250ml cake flour, sifted
1 tsp ground naartjie/orange/satsuma peel (dried and ground)
1 tsp baking powder
Cachous (sen-sen) sweets to complete
Sen-Sent Sweets / Pink Cachous
Method:
Using a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar
Add the oil, essence and egg, mix well
Add the flour, baking powder and citrus peels
Mix well to form a firm dough
Roll out the dough approximately 5mm thick on a lightly floured surface
Cover the dough with cling film or greaseproof paper to prevent the dough from sticking to the rolling pin
Take a fork and lightly scrape the surface of the dough to make a line pattern
Cut out rounds with a cookie cutter and place the biscuits on a baking tray (no need to grease the baking tray)
Place a sen-sen sweet in the middle of each biscuit
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 12 – 15 minutes or until lightly browned
Makes approximately 70 biscuits.
Orange Biscuits
Lemoen Koekies
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Soet Koekies / Essies Biscuits
Soet Koekies
Soet Koekies
DATE FINGERS
DATE FINGERS / BALLS
An easy no bake cookie made with tennis biscuits, dates and coconut. These date balls make a high energy snack. They freeze well and keep for weeks in the fridge.
Ingredients:
100g sugar
100g unsalted butter
100g Tennis biscuits/Tea Biscuits Broken in Halves or Quarters
60g seedless dates cut into pieces
1 large well beaten egg
2 tablespoons desiccated coconut
2 tablespoons ground nuts (Pistachio, Almonds, etc.)
Some vegetable oil to grease the bottom of a baking pan
Method:
On a low heat, melt the butter and dissolve the sugar, keep stirring constantly to prevent the butter from burning. As soon as the butter melts and the sugar is dissolved, add the dates and they will melt in the butter, again, keep stirring.
Take of the heat and add the well beaten egg. Stir rapidly and add the coconut, nuts and tea biscuits. Place back on a high heat with constant rapid stirring. Allow all the ingredients to mix well.
Place in a greased baking pan and leave in the freezer for 20 min.
Take out of the freezer, cut into rectangles.
OR
After mixing all the ingredients together, roll the mixture into walnut sized balls. Roll the balls in coconut. Refrigerate until firm before serving.
Date Balls
Return to the freezer for 30 min.
Take out of the freezer and into the fridge. – Must be eaten cold but not frozen. – Enjoy!!!
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