Coconut Slice Food

EASY COCONUT SLICE

Steps:

• Grease a 19cm x 29cm slice pan and line with baking paper.
• Sift flour into a large bowl; stir in sugar and coconut.
• Make a well in the centre.
• Add combined butter, eggs and milk; mix well.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Cook in moderate oven, 180 C for about 30 minutes, or until cooked when tested.
• Stand slice in pan for 5 mins; cool on wire rack.
• Serve slice warm or cold, cut into squares.
• Dust with extra icing sugar.
• Decorate with berries if you wish.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a 16x26cm baking pan and line with baking paper. Break up the wholewheat buscuits into a large mixing bowl with the coconut and sugar. Into the same bowl sift in the cocoa and self-raising flour and stir.
• Melt the butter and pour of the dry ingredients, add vanilla essence and stir till well combined. (I usually add the essence to the melted butter first).
• Spoon mixture into prepared pan and press down to level. Bake for 15 minutes or until cooked.
• Icing: Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a small mixing bowl. Add the hot water and stir well. Ice slice while it is still warm.
• Cut into squares to serve.

COCONUT SLICE

Steps:

• Sift together the self raising flour and salt (and cocoa if using) into a bowl.
• Add the sugar, coconut, and melted butter.
• Mix well.
• Stir in the beaten eggs and milk (and vanilla if using).
• Spread mixture into a slice tin and bake in a moderate oven 350'F/180'C for 25-30 minutes.
• When cold ice/frost with either lemon or chocolate icing/frosting.
• Sprinkle some extra coconut over top of icing/frosting if liked.
• Cut into bars or squares.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius Grease a 20cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line with baking paper extending 2cm from edge of pan at long ends.
• Place butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla in a large bowl. Stir until well combined. Sift over flours and cocoa. Add 1/2 cup cocounut. Stir to combine. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake 25 - 30 minutes or until firm to touch.
• Make Chocolate Icing: Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a medium heat proof bowl. Add butter and boiling water. Stir until smooth.
• Spreas hot slice with icing. Sprinkle with remaining coconut. Set aside to cool completely in pan. Cut into pieces and serve.

BLACKCURRANT COCONUT SLICES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 20 x 23cm traybake tin with a little butter and line the base with a long strip of baking parchment that extends above the rim of the tin at either end - this will make it easier to get the slices out of the tin later.
• To make the base, tip the flour, sugar and coconut into a bowl, mix everything together, then rub in the butter with your fingers to make coarse crumbs. Stir in the egg yolks with the blade of a knife, then bring the mixture together with your hands to make a dough. Press the dough into the base of the tin, smoothing it with the back of a spoon to make an even layer. Spread the jam over most of the dough, keeping it a little bit away from the sides of the tin.
• To make the topping, whisk the egg whites with an electric hand whisk until stiff, then gradually add the sugar to make a glossy meringue. Fold in the desiccated coconut, then spoon over the jam layer. Scatter with the coconut flakes, if using, and bake for 25 mins until golden.
• Leave to cool in the tin, then carefully lift out, using the parchment to help you, and cut into slices. Will keep in an airtight container for 2 days.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/Gas 4. Line a shallow 20 x 30cm tin with baking paper. In a small saucepan or microwave oven, melt the butter and leave it to cool.
• In a large bowl, mix the coconut and sugar together, then add the melted butter and lightly beaten eggs and stir to combine. Stir the chopped chocolate through the mixture.
• Press the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 20 minutes until firm. Leave the slice in the tin for about 5 minutes after you’ve removed it from the oven, then cut into rectangles and transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely

GINGER COCONUT SLICE

Steps:

• Grease a 19cm x 29cm slice pan.
• Line base with baking paper.
• Melt the butter and golden syrup in a small pan (or very carefully in the microwave on a low setting, stir well to combine).
• Combine the sifted flour, ground ginger, chopped ginger, sugar, coconut and egg in a large bowl.
• Pour in the melted butter and syrup mixture.
• Stir well to combine and press into the prepared pan.
• Cook in a 180 degree C oven, about 15 minutes, or until light brown.
• Stand for 5 minutes to firm, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• ICING: Sift the icing sugar mixture into a bowl.
• Add the butter, lemon rind and juice.
• Add enough hot water to make it a spreadable consistency.
• Spread icing over cooled slice.
• When icing has set, cut into squares.