Holiday Baking Recipes

Bake these yummy Golden Syrup and Oats cookies with the kids today!

These cookies are also known as Crunchies, because it is a crunchy-type of cookie. Is such an easy recipe, but oh, so delicious! And oats are healthy, right…? No cutting shapes, or rolling balls of dough, simply press it into a cookie sheet and cut afterwards.

3 cups coconut

1 cup flour

4 cups oats

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

250g butter/margerine

3 tablespoon golden syrup

2 teaspoon bicarb of soda dissolved in 1/4 cup of milk

-Mix all dry ingredients.

-Melt butter,add syrup.

-Add milk mixture.

-Press flat into a baking plate.

-Bake for about 20 minutes,180’C.

-When cooled off, cut into squares.

Rusks are tradisionally South African. In the olden days when people had to travel by horse or wagon, the ride will take long, and they would have needed food that won’t spoil, so rusks were invented (almost like the Italian Biscotti). It is baked, and then dried out, so it’s shelf life is 3 to 6 months. Traditionally it is served with coffee (or tea) in the morning as breakfast, because some recipes contains cereal. This one however, is the plain recipe, but cereal like all bran/wheat bix can be added. Nuts or raisins are sometimes added too. It is a versatile recipe and can be adapted to taste.

6 cups of self raising flour

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

500g butter/margerine

2 cups buttermilk (substitute: 2 cups milk with 2 tablespoons of vinegar)

-Mix flour,salt and sugar.

-Rub butter in with fingers.

-Beat eggs and milk,add to mixture.

-Press flat onto baking plate and bake for 25-35 minutes at 180’C or until golden brown.

Dry out in oven at 70’C for 6 hours until hardened. Remember to leave the oven door open an inch to allow the heat to escape. You do not want it to bake again, only to dry it out with the dry heat. A fan-forced oven might be quicker.

Enjoy baking these holidays and get the kids involved too!