5 Cup Slice Food

CONDENSED MILK SLICE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180 degrees C
• Place the 5 cups of dry ingredients in a large bowl
• The flour is completely optional, depending on the mix of ingredients you have chosen a little flour can help to bind things, if you have all lumpy ingredients with nothing small that mixes through, but if you have coconut, ground almond etc in the mix you don't tend to need the flour
• Pour in the tin of condensed milk, stir so that everything is covered in the condensed milk
• Decide if you are going to make cookies or a slice
• Cookies
• If you are making cookies,and you have a little flour to hand I would recommend adding a little to the mix
• Drop spoonfuls onto a lined baking tray or cookie sheet
• Bake for 5-8 minutes, you want them to be golden and a little bubbly, they will still be soft
• Cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes
• Slide baking paper off the tray and onto a cooling rack, cool completely
• Store in an airtight container, in the fridge if it's really hot and humid
• Slice
• Line a slice tin or cake tin with baking paper
• Press the mix into the tin so that it is even
• Bake for 15 -20 minutes until golden
• Cool in tin completely
• Slice into pieces and then store in an airtight container, in the fridge if it's hot

ONE CUP SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190c (or 170c fan forced).
• Line a 26cm x 16cm lamington pan with baking paper.
• Place coconut, nuts and fruit in a large mixing bowl.
• Add milk and 1/4 cup of choc bits, mix well to combine and coat ingredients.
• Press mixture evenly into pan and cover with foil.
• Bake for 20 minutes, uncover slice and reduce heat to 160c (140c fan forced) and bake for a further 20 minutes more or until firm and golden; remove pan from oven.
• Immediatly scatter 3/4 cup of chocolate bits over hot layer and allow to melt and using a flexible spatula spread the chocolate evenly.
• Cool and cut into slices.

5 CUP SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
• Grease and line a 20 x 30 cm lamington/sponge roll tin with baking paper.
• Make sure the paper extends up and over the sides.
• Sprinkle the pan evenly with sultana, chocolate bits, peanuts and coconut.
• Drizzle the condensed milk over the top.
• Cover with a piece of greased foil and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 180C/350F, remove the foil and bake for about 15 minutes until golden and firm.
• Remove from oven and cool completely in the pan.
• Drizzle with the melted chocolate and allow to set.
• Remove and slice to serve.