Mint Slice

August 12, 2018

It's difficult to believe that this spider web log has been running 12 years amongst nary a mint while recipe! It's my favourite sort of supermarket biscuit, as well as a pretty mutual recipe for abode baking too. I scanned a few pop local sources (Cadbury, Taste, Donna Hay) as well as cobbled together something that check my preference: a biscuity base of operations amongst kokosnoot but non eggs; a minty layer amongst soft fondant texture as well as no nutrient colouring; the darkest of chocolate tops. No copha! Turns out that it's pretty slow to brand this version vegan too.

The intensity of the mintiness is definitely upward to personal preference, as well as fifty-fifty as well as thus I uncovering it difficult to estimate what quantity of essence volition hitting the grade I like. I proceeded amongst caution, as well as ended upward sneaking about extra inwards the chocolate layer it ramp it up. Don't hold upward surprised if yous postulate to experiment over a few batches too.

I'd highly recommend storing this version inwards the refrigerator - the base of operations is a flake crumbly as well as the mint filling definitely has a flake of squish to it!

Mint Slice
(adapted from recipes on the Cadbury as well as Donna Hay websites)

base
3/4 loving cup manifestly flour
1/4 loving cup cocoa
1/2 loving cup dessicated coconut
1/4 loving cup chocolate-brown sugar
140g margarine

filling
ii tablespoons margarine
three cups icing sugar
ii tablespoons vegan milk
i teaspoon peppermint essence, or to taste

topping
200g nighttime chocolate chips
i tablespoon vegetable oil
pinch of salt

Preheat an oven to 180°C. Line a 20cm x 30cm baking tray amongst baking paper.

In a medium-large bowl, sift together the manifestly flour as well as cocoa. Stir inwards the kokosnoot as well as sugar. Melt the margarine inwards a pocket-size saucepan or microwave, as well as pour it into a pocket-size bowl. Stir together the ingredients until good combined, as well as thus press the mixture into the base of operations of the baking tray. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until cooked through.

Melt the margarine inwards a pocket-size saucepan or microwave. Sift over the icing saccharide as well as whisk until smooth, adding only plenty vegan milk to practise a thick, smoothen fondant. Stir inwards the peppermint essence. Pour the icing mixture over the base, smoothen it out, as well as refrigerate until firm, most an hour.

Melt all of the topping ingredients inwards a double boiler set-up as well as stir until smooth. Pour over the slice, smoothen over, as well as refrigerate until firm, most thirty minutes.

Store it inwards the fridge, as well as cutting the while into rectangles to serve.