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Good Earth Cafe’s Anzac ginger crunch
Ingredients
250g butter
3 Tbsp golden syrup
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup coconut
1½ cups rolled oats
1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
3 tsp ground ginger
Icing
3 cups icing sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp vanilla essence
½cup roughly cut crystallized ginger
maple syrup to mix
Method
Melt butter and golden syrup together in a pot.
Add butter mix to brown sugar and cream in a cake mixer.Add all other ingredients and mix well.Press into a rectangle tin about 30cm long.
Bake at 180degC for 15 minutes or until golden.Allow to cool.
Icing
Place all ingredients in a mixer and use the maple syrup to get the right consistency for a thick icing. Pour on to base and chill.
Recipe requested by D. Williams.
Recipe provided by The Good Earth Cafe.
