Crunchie Munchies

These delicious bicuits take me back to my childhood. Growing up in Africa these were a staple pantry item, but I'd actually completely forgotten about them until I stumbled across this recipe, baked them for my kids, and then started having flashbacks to friends birthday parties around swimming pools eating crunchies and sipping kool aid.

Crunchies

Grease a 20cm x 30cm baking dish

Mix together the following ingredients in a mixing bowl

90g flour
180g oats
125g dessicated coconut
pinch salt
125g sugar
2.5ml cinnamon
125g melted butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
5ml bicarbonate of soda
30ml milk

Press into baking dish and bake for 15-20 minutes at 180 degrees

Cut into squares

Bake a Cupcake

Finally getting back into the swing of things after a lovely hiatus on the South Island of New Zealand where we survived on the red wine, dark chocolate and french fry diet. Was very pleased to see my kitchen again as campervan cooking is rather challenging.

Tomorrow my eldest son is finally having his kindergarden graduation. To celebrate this momentous occasion, he has to arrive armed with treats for all his friends. His suggestion was to bake cupcakes which ended up being a fun activity for both him and I, although I must confess I don't think I'd ever attempt more than 4 dozen at a time because just dealing that amount of sugar is a bit disturbing, let alone the colouring and decorations.

Cupcakes are the easiest things in the world to make, and there is no limit to what you can put on top of them in terms of colour and decorations. You can keep it simple by simply icing the tops, or add cherries, sugarcraft or any edible naughty you might like.

To make cupcakes in a food processor mix together 2 eggs, 125g soft butter, 125g self-raising flour, 125g castor sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 3 tbsp milk. Divide evenly into 12 cupcake paper cases placed in a 12 muffin baking tray. Bake for 15 minutes on 170 degrees C. Remove and allow to cool. Cut the tops off to level the cupcakes. Mix icing sugar with a little water to a thick icing consistency. Add colour of your choice and ice the tops of the cupcakes. Decorate to your hearts content and enjoy.