Slice Evolution

When I was a girl, my mother would make this slice to pack into my lunchbox. I used to sell it for 50c & save up for a packet of ciggarettes, as you do. This is her recipe;

Fagin's Chocolate Slice
1 cup of SR Flour
1 cup of brown sugar
2 Tbspns of cocoa
1 cup of dessicated coconut
125g butter, melted
1 egg

Mix all the dry ingredients togethor, then mix in the butter & egg. Press firmly into an 8" oven tray & bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool. Ice with chocolate icing & decorate with sprinkles. Cut into squares.

This makes a nice, fudgy, rich chocolate slice that might even fetch you over a dollar in todays high school playground. What, did you think I smoked in primary school?

My sister & I have been playing around with the recipe; we wanted something a little healthier & also, every playground in this country is now nut free (go on, make the joke - har har!) so the coconut won't do. What we did was replace the coconut with rolled oats. Brilliant! I have changed a few other things too, so now the recipe reads;

Lunchbox Slice
1 cup of organic plain flour
1 teaspn baking powder
half a teaspn of bicarb soda
1 cup of rolled oats
1 cup of organic raw sugar
125g butter, melted
1 egg.

Mix all the dry ingredients togethor, then mix in the butter & egg. Press into an 20cm oven tray & bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool. Ice. I like to cut into slices, the shape of a muesli bar. Call me quirky.

Cheryl likes to keep the cocoa & add peppermint essence to the icing. I sometimes add chopped apricots & do a lemon glaze icing. Sometimes I leave the slice plain, but instead of icing cover it with melted chocolate. Yummo!




This one had dried cranberrys with a lemon glaze. Oh dear, there is a slice missing! Never mind...

Mrs BC
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