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Afghan Biscuits

Name: Afghan Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 200g butter, softened; ½ cup Chelsea Caster Sugar or Chelsea Organic Raw Sugar (113g); 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 ¼ cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (188g); ¼ cup cocoa powder (20g); 1 ½ cups cornflakes (or crushed Weetbix); Icing; 1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g); 1 Tbsp cocoa powder; 1 Tbsp butter, softened; 2-3 Tbsp boiling water; Walnut halves, to decorate (optional)

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Preparation

10 mins

Bake

15 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

These afghan biscuits are creamy, chocolatey and crunchy - they could almost be the definition of perfection! Always a big hit with the kids and, of course, grown-ups too.

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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

200g butter, softened
½ cup Chelsea Caster Sugar or Chelsea Organic Raw Sugar (113g)
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 ¼ cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (188g)
¼ cup cocoa powder (20g)
1 ½ cups cornflakes (or crushed Weetbix)

Icing

1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 Tbsp butter, softened
2-3 Tbsp boiling water
Walnut halves, to decorate (optional)

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Caster Sugar

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Reviews

307

What did you think of this recipe?

Taputu

This recipe is really easy! Afgans turned out perfect. I'm usually terrible at baking biscuits but finally found a recipe where i didnt fail haha

Justine

Dry mixture and had to add water. Decent sized biscuit but weren't very nice and to be honest they ended up in the rubbish. Wouldn't make again.

Karen

Too dry and fell apart

Christina

Everyone loved the Afghans for morning tea and easy to make too

ben mathews

it is amazing

BOB

YUMMM

Alyce

Wonderful easy afghan recipe, i didn't get my icing as dark though. Also so nice to have a recipe without baking soda or baking powder

hayley

Tried this recipie and was so disappointed in the flat biscuits that they resulted in. Reading over different recipies for Afghans I've repossessed it's missing baking powder. off course didn't realise this till after so - flat pancake biscuits

Alannah

A fantastic recipe and so easy to whip up. I used Dutch Cocoa and they turned out incredibly delicious.Next time I may try halving the recipe and baking them in the small oven. Will also have a go at making in the food processor as they're the perfect treat when you get unexpected visitors.

1457642609

Great Recipe!

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C bake. Line two large baking trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl, beat butter, Chelsea Caster Sugar or Chelsea Organic Raw Sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.

Sift in the flour and cocoa. Stir until mostly combined, then add the cornflakes and mix well.

Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on prepared trays. Press down lightly with a fork.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, until biscuits are just firm to the touch. Leave on trays for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Icing
Sift Chelsea Icing Sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl. Add butter and 1 tablespoon boiling water at a time, mixing well and adding more hot water as required until icing is a spreadable consistency. Ice cooled biscuits and decorate with walnut halves, if desired.