Kiwi Cocoa Crunches

April 19-20, 2014

I brought a few leftovers abode from the field, including several boxes of cereal. I wasn't all that excited close finishing the plainly cornflakes for breakfast, but damn close thrilled when the network reminded me that they're a telephone commutation component inwards Afghan biscuits.

Apparently these are a New Zealand specialty, too their yell has hazy (but very in all likelihood racist) origins, thus I'm rechristening them Kiwi cocoa crunches. The chocolate-coloured, cornflake-studded biscuits bake crisp too dry, too thus soften precisely a lilliputian nether a spoonful of icing. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 walnut on summit adds a much-needed behavior on of bitterness. It turns out they're super-easy to veganise - but swap butter for margarine.

The biscuit dough was crumbly too i biscuit disintegrated on the tray, but the residue held their ain too accept proven to survive quite robust over subsequent days. I don't yell back such visible cornflakes inwards the batches I've eaten inwards other homes - mayhap the cornflakes are to a greater extent than oft crushed? The recipe made much to a greater extent than icing than I could tally across the batch, too I've reduced the quantities accordingly below.

I've exclusively had fleeting contact amongst these biscuits over the years too I'm regretting that I didn't choke to know them sooner - they're similar crispy blood brother of the brownie.

Kiwi cocoa crunches
(adapted slightly from a recipe on SBS Food)

biscuits
150g margarine
110g caster sugar
1/4 teaspoon tabular array salt
185g plainly flour
25g cocoa
60g cornflakes

icing
80g icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon cornflour
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon H2O

walnut pieces, to decorate

Preheat an oven to 180°C. Line a large baking tray amongst paper.

In a large bowl, role a fork to crunch together the margarine, saccharide too salt. Sift inwards the flour too cocoa, stirring to combine. Stir inwards the cornflakes too mix thoroughly.

Scoop out tablespoons of the biscuit mixture, gyre the into balls too flatten them a little, arranging them on the tray - they'll spread a teensy fight piece baking, but non much. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until a crust forms on the exterior of the cookies. Set them aside to cool.

Make the icing past times sifting together the icing sugar, cornflour too cocoa. Whisk inwards the H2O to shape a smoothen icing, adding to a greater extent than H2O precisely a teaspoon at a fourth dimension if needed.

Spoon teaspoonfuls of the icing on summit of the cookies too railroad train the walnuts into it. Give the icing a piece to railroad train at room temperature earlier serving the cookies.

Store them inwards an airtight container if they don't choke eaten immediately.