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Crunchies
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Crunchies

Golden oat and coconut squares. The lunch box hero of South Africa.

40 minTime
4 gProtein each
mildSpice
The oat square2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
287kcal
4 gprotein
3 gfibre
40minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

12 servings
Rolled oats (porridge oats)2 cups rolled oats
Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)1 cup
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup
Brown sugar¾ cup
Salta pinch
Butter⅔ cup
Golden syrup (golden syrup or light corn syrup)2 tbsp
Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)1 tsp

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Heat the oven to 180 C and grease an 8 by 12 inch tray.
  2. 2Mix the oats, coconut, maida, brown sugar and salt in a big bowl.
  3. 3Melt the butter with the golden syrup, then stir in the soda.
  4. 4Pour into the dry mix, stir well and press firmly into the tray.
  5. 5Bake until deep golden.
  6. 6Cool 10 minutes, cut into squares, then leave in the tray to cool completely.
Serve it like this

Stack the squares on a board and serve with tea or pack them in tiffin boxes.

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