Afghan biscuit/cookie

Name: Afghan biscuit/cookie
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup soften butter plus 1tablespoon; 1/4 cup sugar plus 2 US tablespoons; 1 1/2 cup flour self raising; 2 tbsp US measurement cocoa powder; 3/4 cup cornflakes or crushed weetbix or large rolled oats; 1 walnuts or coconut for on the top.

Claire @cook_2964203

This recipe comes from the New Zealand Edmonds Cookery Book.One theory for the name is it was made to honour an Afghani gentleman who visited NZ many years ago .

Claire @cook_2964203

This recipe comes from the New Zealand Edmonds Cookery Book.One theory for the name is it was made to honour an Afghani gentleman who visited NZ many years ago .

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Ingredients

10 mins

12 servings

3/4 cupsoften butter plus 1tablespoon
1/4 cupsugar plus 2 US tablespoons
1 1/2 cupflour self raising
2 tbspUS measurement cocoa powder
3/4 cupcornflakes or crushed weetbix or large rolled oats
1walnuts or coconut for on the top.

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Steps

10 mins

1

Preheat oven 180°C or 350°F
2

Cream together the butter and sugar
3

Add flour and cocoa
4

Add cornflakes last so as not to break them up too much.
5

Put spoonfuls on a greased oven tray and bake for about 15 mins.
6

Leave them to cool.They firm up as they cool.
7

Ice with chocolate icing and top with walnuts or coconut.They melt in the mouth when cooked right.I used half cornflakes and half weetbix for mine.